Short v. Giffin

|!LANDRIEU, Judge.

In this accountant malpractice case, plaintiffs filed suit in October 1990 alleging that the relators negligently advised them to invest in a tax shelter in December 1982. Based on La.Rev.Stat.Ann. 9:5604 and 9:5605 which requires that an action for professional accountant liability be brought within one year of the date of discovery or, in all events, within three years from the date of the alleged act of negligence, relators filed a peremptory exception of prescription. In response, the plaintiff filed supplemental and amending petitions alleging that the tort was a…