NATIONSBANK, N.A. v. KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

No. 4D00-3509.

813 So.2d 964 (2002)

NATIONSBANK, N.A.; Bankboston, N.A.; and Southtrust Bank, N.A., Appellants, v. KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Cooper and Maureen E. Lefebvre of Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Coral Gables, and Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami, for appellants.

Edward A. Marod of Edward A. Marod, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Elizabeth V. Tanis, Amelia Toy Rudolph and Deena R. Bernstein of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

In this business tort case a jury returned a mixed verdict, and after trial the court adjusted the jury's award with setoffs. In this opinion we address only the issues of whether a party not in privity can sue the maker of negligent misrepresentations and whether the trial court erred in granting the setoffs, affirming on all other issues.

Although the trial took ten weeks, the following facts suffice for our discussion. NationsBank, Bank Boston...

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