Streib v. Veigel

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action for malpractice by defendants, professional accountants who had prepared plaintiffs’ income tax returns. The trial court held that the cause of action accrued at the time defendants prepared the income tax forms, that plaintiffs had not initiated the action within the applicable two-year statute of limitations, and that therefore the action was barred. We reverse.

The truth of the alleged facts, of course, remains for ascertainment at trial. However, at the point of summary judgment,…