MURPHY v. CAMPBELL

No. 96-0079.

964 S.W.2d 265 (1997)

Thos D. MURPHY, Jr., Ray Hawkins, Trudi Hestand, and Tracy Hawkins, individually and on behalf of Colonial Food Stores, Inc. and Hawkins-Rochester-Murphy, Inc., and the Bankruptcy Estate of Louis Rochester, Intervenor, Petitioners, v. Robert CAMPBELL, Rory McLaughlin, Joe Fleckinger, and Chuck Schmidt, individually and d/b/a agents for Deloitte & Touche, a partnership, formerly known as Touche Ross & Co., a partnership, and as agents for Touche Ross & Co., and Touche Ross & Co., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 11, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled May 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Winston Krause, Cherry K. Bounds, Daniel M. Grant, Austin, John H. Green, Jr., Odessa, for petitioners.

Charles J. Muller, III, David Langdon Doggett, Farley P. Katz, Anthony E. Rebollo, San Antonio, for respondents.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, OWEN and BAKER, Justices, joined.

Plaintiffs in this case complain that their accountants gave them faulty tax advice. Plaintiffs assert causes of action for negligence, fraud, breach of implied warranty, and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act, TEX. BUS. & COM.CODE §§...

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