Apple Valley Unified School District v. Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co.

Opinion

RICHLI, J.

Apple Valley Unified School District (the District) sued Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP (VTD) and Heidi Ross (collectively defendants) for accounting malpractice, claiming defendants’ misrepresentations in an audit report induced the District to provide state funds to a charter school which was not entitled to the funds. The trial court sustained defendants’ demurrer without leave to amend, based on the statute of limitations.

We conclude the statute began to run when the District learned of the improper payments and incurred expenses in an effort to assess and limit its…