Halla Nursery, Inc. v. Baumann-Furrie & Co.

WAHL, Justice.

This appeal arises out of an accountant malpractice action brought by respondent Halla Nursery, Inc., against appellant Bau-mann-Furrie & Co., an accounting firm, alleging negligent failure of the accountant to discover defalcations in Halla’s business. We accepted review, on petition of Bau-mann-Furrie, of the decision of the court of appeals which held that in an accountant malpractice action for negligent failure to detect embezzlements within the client’s business, the client’s own contributory negligence in the operation of its business may be raised as a defense only if…