AMWEST SUR. INS. CO. v. ERNST & YOUNG

No. 95-2499.

677 So.2d 409 (1996)

AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. ERNST & YOUNG, Etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeWitte Thompson, of Thompson & Slagle, P.C., Norcross, Georgia, for Appellant, Amwest Surety Insurance Company.

J. Andrew Heaton of Ernst & Young, Washington, D.C., and Gregory A. Presnell and Stacey C. Rosenthal, of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee, Ernst & Young.


HARRIS, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of an accounting firm based on the conclusion that the plaintiff was not one of a "limited group" of persons the accounting firm knew would rely on the firm's work.

Amwest Surety Insurance Company (Amwest) sued Ernst & Young to recover alleged losses of over $2,300,000 which it sustained as a consequence of issuing...

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