AM. NATL. BANK v. TOUCHE ROSS & CO.

No. 94-2178.

74 Ohio St.3d 482 (1996)

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ET AL., APPELLEES, v. TOUCHE ROSS & COMPANY; ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernst & Young LLP, Kathryn A. Oberly, General Counsel, and Thomas L. Riesenberg, pro hoc vice, Assistant General Counsel, for appellant.

Ulmer & Berne, Marvin L. Karp and Richard G. Witkowski, for appellees.

Blaugrund, Sweeney, Gabel, Herbert & Mesirow, Steven A. Martin and Christopher B. McNeil, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.


Per Curiam.

In Scioto Mem. Hosp. Assn., Inc. v. Price Waterhouse (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 474, 659 N.E.2d 1268, syllabus, decided today, we held that comparative negligence applies to cases involving accountant negligence. In so doing, we rejected the National Surety rule (which in point of fact we had never actually espoused). The rule of National Surety bars the presentation of evidence of a client...

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