ACKERMAN v. PRICE WATERHOUSE


252 A.D.2d 179 (1998)

683 N.Y.S.2d 179

Carolyn Ackerman et al., Appellants, v. Price Waterhouse, Respondent Carolyn Ackerman et al., Respondents, v. Price Waterhouse, Appellant

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

December 1, 1998


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Schager, Jr., of counsel (Michelle Rago, Ronald D. Lefton and Steven G. Sonet on the brief; Stamell & Schager, L. L. P.; Camhy Karlinsky & Stein, L. L. P.; and Levy, Sonet & Siegel, attorneys), for appellants/respondents.

David W. Rivkin of counsel (Mark W. Friedman, Leigh R. Schachter and Rodman W. Benedict, Deputy General Counsel, on the brief; Debevoise & Plimpton, and Price Waterhouse, L. L. P., attorneys), for Price Waterhouse, respondent/appellant.

ELLERIN, J. P., RUBIN and ANDRIAS, JJ., concur with MAZZARELLI, J.; TOM, J., concurs in a separate opinion.


MAZZARELLI, J.

In these consolidated appeals,1 important issues are raised involving the liability of professional accountants for allegedly negligent tax advice rendered to the individual limited partners of 54 cosponsored limited partnerships. Among the issues to be resolved are whether the IAS Court properly denied the Ackerman plaintiffs' four separate motions for class action...

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