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SOMERS v. GROSS

393 Pa.Super. 509 (1990)

574 A.2d 1056

Joseph V. SOMERS and Elizabeth A. Somers v. Stephen I. GROSS and Gross & Wittenberg, Appellant, v. Edward FACKENTHAL and Rainer & Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 28, 1990.

Reargument Denied June 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Fylypovych, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Jeffrey B. Albert, Philadelphia, for Fackenthal, appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, BECK and BROSKY, JJ.

BECK, Judge:

The issue presented is whether, in a professional negligence action against accountants, the accountant defendants may join the plaintiffs' attorney as an additional defendant on the theory that the attorney is solely liable to the plaintiffs on the cause of action alleged. We hold that the attorney may be joined.

On January 16, 1986, Joseph V. and Elizabeth A. Somers ("plaintiffs') filed...

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