Linebaugh v. Helvig

Plaintiffs seek damages they allege they suffered because of defendant’s wrongful retention of certain business and financial records of plaintiffs. Those records were delivered to defendant in connection with her services to plaintiffs as a freelance tax preparer and bookkeeper. Plaintiffs’ principal claim is that, because of defendant’s failure to return the records upon their request, they lost an opportunity to sell their business, and were subsequently obliged to sell it for a price less than the one they had discussed with the first prospective purchaser. In addition to damages for that…