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Midwest Mem'l Grp. LLC v. Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc.

Supreme Court of Michigan.
Mar 7, 2017
500 Mich. 948 (Mich. 2017)

Summary

stating that a plaintiff alleging accounting malpractice must demonstrate that the accountant failed to satisfy the common-law requisite standard of care, which is that an accountant must act with "the same degree of diligence and skill as would an accountant of ordinary learning, judgment or skill, in the same or similar community, under the same or similar circumstances"

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Opinion

SC: 152810 COA: 322338

03-07-2017

MIDWEST MEMORIAL GROUP LLC, Acacia Park Cemetery, Albion Memory Gardens, Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Cadillac Memorial Gardens West, Chapel Gardens, Eastlawn Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Elm Lawn Cemetery, Floral View Memorial Gardens, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Garden of Rest Memorial Park, Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Grandlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hillcrest Memorial Park, Kent Memorial Gardens, Midland Memorial Gardens, Mount Hope Memorial Gardens, Northland Chapel Gardens, Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Oaklawn Chapel Gardens, Oakview Cemetery, Oakwood Memorial Mausoleum, Restlawn Memorial Gardens, Roseland Park Cemetery, Roselawn Memorial Gardens, United Memorial Gardens, Washtenong Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery, and Woodmere Cemetery, Plaintiffs–Appellees, v. CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. d/b/a Smith Barney, Currie Kendall, Peter Jensen, Clayton Smart, Kimberly Singer, Mark Singer, MKS Family LLC, International Fund Services, Defendants, and Plante & Moran PLLC, Defendant–Appellant.


Order

On order of the Court, the motion for reconsideration of this Court's October 5, 2016 order is considered, and it is DENIED, because it does not appear that the order was entered erroneously.


Summaries of

Midwest Mem'l Grp. LLC v. Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc.

Supreme Court of Michigan.
Mar 7, 2017
500 Mich. 948 (Mich. 2017)

stating that a plaintiff alleging accounting malpractice must demonstrate that the accountant failed to satisfy the common-law requisite standard of care, which is that an accountant must act with "the same degree of diligence and skill as would an accountant of ordinary learning, judgment or skill, in the same or similar community, under the same or similar circumstances"

Summary of this case from Broz v. Plante & Moran, PLLC
Case details for

Midwest Mem'l Grp. LLC v. Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc.

Case Details

Full title:MIDWEST MEMORIAL GROUP LLC, Acacia Park Cemetery, Albion Memory Gardens…

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan.

Date published: Mar 7, 2017

Citations

500 Mich. 948 (Mich. 2017)
890 N.W.2d 663

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