Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Ernst & Young, LLP
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 13, 2014No. 1121048PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAIN, Justice.
Wade Tucker and Wendell Cook Testamentary Trust, on behalf of shareholders of HealthSouth Corporation (hereinafter referred to collectively as “HealthSouth”), brought this shareholder-derivative action against Ernst & Young, LLP (“E & Y”), asserting claims of “audit malpractice” based on E & Y’s failure to discover and, if discovered, to report accounting fraud. The “audit malpractice” claims included various claims of negligence, breach of contract, and fraud.1 The action was referred to arbitration, and an arbitration award was entered in favor of E & Y. HealthSouth filed a…
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