LEENDERTSEN v. PRICE WATERHOUSE

No. 36029-9-I.

916 P.2d 449 (1996)

81 Wash.App. 762

Howard V. LEENDERTSEN and Elizabeth Leendertsen, husband and wife, Respondents, v. PRICE WATERHOUSE, a partnership, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore P. Senger, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Price Waterhouse L.L.P., and Arthur C. Clafin, and Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, for appellant.

Stephen M. Rummage, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, for amicus curiae Wash. Society of Cert. Public Accountants.

Richard M. Stanislaw, Robert P. Majerus, Stanislaw & Asbaugh, Riper, Peters & Beal, L.L.P., Seattle, for respondents.


COLEMAN, Judge.

We are asked to address whether the trial court erred by permitting the Leendertsens to recover interest paid to the IRS as a result of an underpayment of taxes caused in part by Price Waterhouse's negligence. PW argues that because the Leendertsens had the value of the use of the money, recovering interest paid to the IRS is inappropriate. We agree and reverse.

Clark, Nuber & Co., a prior defendant in this case, prepared plaintiffs Howard...

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