CRAY v. DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS

No. 83974.

925 P.2d 60 (1996)

Richard B. CRAY, Edward H. Hawes, Juliana R. Jurden, James R. Malone, Leslie Raemdonck, Loretta D. Riss, Robert B. Riss, Laura R. Schreier, Louise R. Wells, and A. Keith Weber, Plaintiffs, v. DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS and Deloitte & Touche, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Kincaid, Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., Tulsa, James F. Duncan, Daniel Bukovac, John K. Power, Watson & Marshall L.C., Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiffs.

James C. Lang, Sneed, Lang, Adams & Barnett, Tulsa, Jeffrey R. Tone, David D. Meyer, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, David Wagner, Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P., New York City, Gary F. Bendinger, Giauque, Crockett, Bendinger & Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants.

Drew Neville, Linn & Neville, Oklahoma City, Louis A Craco, David P. Murray, Randy J. Branitsky, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, Richard I. Miller, General Counsel, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, for amicus curiae, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.


SIMMS, Justice:

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma certified the following question to this Court pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S.1991, § 1601, et seq.:

"Does an accountant's duty of care in preparation of an independent audit on a client's financial statements extend to persons other than the audit client, and if so, to which...

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