Atlando Holdings, LLC v. BDO Seidman, LLP

Adams, Judge.

Atlando Holdings, LLC f/k/a Mindis Acquisition Corporation (MAC) 1 sued the accounting firm of BDO Seidman, LLP for negligent misrepresentation in connection with MAC’s 1993 purchase of Min-dis Corporation. On appeal following a jury trial and a jury verdict for $44 million in favor of MAC (the 1999 trial), the Supreme Court of Georgia held that the trial court had used the wrong measure of damages. BDO Seidman, LLP v. Mindis Acquisition Corp., 276 Ga. 311 (578 SE2d 400) (2003) (Mindis II). The case was then retried on the issue of damages only (the 2005 trial), and the jury…