Legal Opinion
Christians v. Grant Thornton, LLP
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided July 3, 2007No. A06-1309PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
Julia Christians, in her capacity as the bankruptcy trustee for Technimar Industries, Inc., appeals the district court’s summary judgment dismissing her auditor-malpractice and breach-of-contract claims against Grant Thornton, LLP. The district court based its order on the trustee’s failure to provide sufficient evidence of causation, the trustee’s failure to demonstrate that the damages were sustained by the corporation rather than the corporation’s creditors, and the application of the equitable doctrine of in pari delicto. Although we conclude that the record contains…
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