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DRABKIN v. ALEXANDER GRANT & CO.

No. 89-7087.

905 F.2d 453 (1990)

Murray DRABKIN, Trustee, Auto-Train Corporation, a/k/a Railway Services Corporation, Appellee, v. ALEXANDER GRANT & COMPANY, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn A. Oberly, with whom Patricia A. McCoy, David B. Isbell and James C. McKay, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants. Kenneth S. Geller, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

John J. Walsh, with whom Mark C. Ellenberg was on the brief, for appellee.

Before: WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, ROBINSON and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Alexander Grant & Co., an accounting firm, appeals the trial court's refusal to overturn an $11 million jury verdict for negligence, fraud, and breach of contract in the preparation of auditing statements for Auto-Train, a corporation that later declared bankruptcy. We reverse, finding no evidence of a causal relation between the accountant's failures and the client...

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