Legal Opinion
Micro Enhancement International, Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 28, 2002No. 19352-7-IIIPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
— This accounting malpractice case was tried to a jury on contested facts and theories of law over the course of a seven and a half week trial. The accountants won.
Micro Enhancement International, Inc., (MEI) is a software company that was looking to float an initial public offering of stock. Its theory of the case was essentially that it would have successfully sold its initial public offering except for delays caused by the incompetence and misrep*417reservations of its public accountants, Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), and its Spokane principal, Gordon Budke (hereafter…
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3Cited by52 opinions
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