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SELDEN v. BURNETT

No. S-2194.

754 P.2d 256 (1988)

Wayne and Arlene SELDEN, Appellants, v. William BURNETT, and W.M. Burnett and Associates, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe P. Josephson, of counsel, Robert A. Breeze & Assoc., P.C., Anchorage, for appellants.

Sigurd E. Murphy and Joseph R.D. Loescher, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Wayne and Arlene Selden unwittingly invested in a scam. The company that offered the investment and perpetrated the scam is now bankrupt. Consequently, the Seldens sought to recover from William Burnett, an accountant. Burnett had recommended the investment to several of his clients, who evidently communicated his recommendation to the Seldens. The Seldens were not Burnett's clients.

The superior court granted summary judgment...

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