American Grain Ass'n v. Canfield, Burch & Mancuso

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

American Grain Association (AGA), an agricultural cooperative, sued the certified public accounting firm of Canfield, Burch & Mancuso (CPA) for an alleged breach of duty in both contract and tort causing damages to AGA. CPA answered with a general denial of plaintiff’s allegations and, alternatively, third partied three members of AGA’s Board of Directors: John R. De-nison, Forest E. Guthrie, and Bruce G. Her-lin (Directors). These third party defendants filed an exception of no right of action which was sustained by the trial court. A motion for new trial was granted for…