BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP. v. ERNST & WHINNEY


822 S.W.2d 592 (1991)

BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERNST & WHINNEY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

December 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Richardson, Ray L. Brock, Jr., Patrick, Beard & Richardson, P.C., Chattanooga, for plaintiff-appellant.

T. Maxfield Bahner, William H. Pickering, Chambliss, Bahner, Crutchfield, Gaston & Irvine, Chattanooga, for defendant-appellee.


REID, Chief Justice.

Permission to appeal was granted for the purpose of reviewing accountants' liability to non-clients for negligence in the preparation of inaccurate audit reports, an issue that has not been considered by this Court.

This case presents an appeal by Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Bethlehem) from the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which reversed a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) entered...

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