Heating & Air Conditioning Associates, Inc. v. Myerly

HEDRICK, Judge.

The plaintiffs in their complaints alleged that Heating employed Ernst to conduct a special investigation of Heating’s books, records and transactions to determine whether there had been any employee dishonesty; that the defendant was negligent in the performance of the contract; and that as a result of defendant’s negligence the dishonesty of one of Heating’s employees, Paul J. Tanner, was not discovered, which resulted in a loss to Heating in the amount of $90,472.60 and a loss to Bryant, in reliance on Ernst’s work, in the amount of $102,779.81.

At trial the plaintiff’s…