Hall v. Gill

The plaintiffs-appellants, Ernest L. and Bette Hall, appeal from the trial court’s order granting partial summary judgment in favor of the defendants-appellants, Linda Tracy Gill, individually, and Aronowitz, Chaiken & Hardesty (“AC & H”), an Ohio partnership, and its partners individually, on claims for professional negligence and breach of contract. The claims arise as a result of tax advice given to the Halls by Gill, an unnamed partner of AC & H, regarding the consequences of the sale of the Halls’ Tennessee home for federal income tax purposes.

The Halls assign two errors: (1) the trial…