JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. KPMG PEAT MARWICK


232 A.D.2d 283 (1996)

648 N.Y.S.2d 911

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company et al., Appellants, v. Kpmg Peat Marwick, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 24, 1996


This action for fraud brought against an accounting firm arises from the defendant firm's preparation of audited financial statements for a publicly traded corporation, Holmes Protection Group, Inc. The basis of the complaint is that the financial statements were fraudulent in that they were not prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) or with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in that a 40-year amortization period assigned to...

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