Legal Opinion
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP v. Bassett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 22, 2008No. A08A0950PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
A Cobb County jury returned a $10 million verdict in favor of William Bassett as the trustee for four private trusts in the trusts’ claim for negligent misrepresentation against the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PwC”), as the successor to Coopers & Lybrand, LLP (“Coopers”). PwC appeals, contending the trial court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. PwC argues that Bassett failed to offer any evidence o.n an essential element of the negligent misrepresentation claim, specifically, that he actually and…
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