CommScope Credit Union v. Butler & Burke, LLP

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff CommScope Credit Union seeks damages from defendant Butler & Burke, LLP, the certified public accounting firm that plaintiff hired to conduct annual independent audits of its financial statements. We allowed discretionary review to address whether defendant owed a fiduciary duty to plaintiff and whether plaintiff’s claims against defendant are barred by the doctrines of contributory negligence and in pari delicto.

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Plaintiff is a North Carolina state-chartered credit union with its principal place of business in Catawba County. Defendant is the CPA firm that…