GEE v. SEIDMAN & SEIDMAN

No. 82365.

653 So.2d 384 (1995)

Allen GEE, etc., Petitioner, v. SEIDMAN & SEIDMAN, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Moss, Parks & Sherouse, P.A., Miami and Elizabeth Koebel Russo of Russo, Talisman & Moylan, P.A., Coconut Grove, for petitioner.

Daniel S. Pearson and Lenore C. Smith of Holland & Knight, Miami, for respondents.

Michael Berry, Div. of Rehabilitation and Liquidation, Florida Dept. of Ins., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for The Nat. Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs.

Dennis K. Threadgill, Chief Atty. and Doris E. Jenkins, Div. of Rehabilitation and Liquidation, Florida Dept. of Ins., and Helen A. Hauser of Dittmar & Hauser, P.A., Miami, amicus curiae for the State of Fla., Dept. of Ins.

Louis A. Craco, Michael R. Young and Carlisle E. Perkins of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, amicus curiae for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Marvin E. Barkin of Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Schart, Barkin, Frye & O'Neill; Donald Gifford of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, Parker D. Thomson of Thomson, Muraro, Razook & Hart, P.A.; Robert L. Shevin of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan; Thomas Schultz of McDermott, Will & Emery, Miami, and Edward Waller of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, amici curiae of Business and Financial Lawyers.


HARDING, Justice.

We have for review Seidman & Seidman v. Gee, 625 So.2d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), in which the Third District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be one of great public importance:

Whether the liquidator of a bankrupt company should be permitted to recover for losses suffered by the company's customers and creditors, against an auditor which negligently failed to discover the fraud...

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