Keech v. Sundberg

This is an action for accounting malpractice. Defendants are certified public accountants. Plaintiffs are the estate of Edwin Keech (Keech) and its personal representatives, George Keech and Susan Coulter, who also are the deceased’s only heirs. Defendants prepared the federal estate tax return for the estate, and it is that tax return on which the present action is based. Plaintiffs claim that defendants negligently prepared the return. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants, plaintiffs appeal, and we affirm.

The following facts are undisputed. Keech was born in 1900 and died…