Spherex, Inc. v. Alexander Grant & Co.

This case, certified to us by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (Loughlin, J.), requires us to decide an issue of first impression in this State: the extent to which an accountant may be held liable for damages in tort to third parties for negligent misrepresentation in an unaudited financial statement.

The facts certified by the district court are that the defendant, Alexander Grant and Company (Alexander Grant), a partnership with its principal place of business in Philadelphia, contracted to perform accounting services for General Home Products Corporation…