Badische Corp. v. Caylor

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• holding that liability for professional’s negligent misrepresentation extends to persons for whom information was directly intended, among others
• holding that liability for professional’s negligent misrepresentation extends to persons for whom information was directly intended, among others
• holding that professional liability for negligence of public accounting firm extends to limited class of persons who the public accountants were actually aware would rely on prepared financial statements
• finding that a professional who provides information to clients is not liable to third parties whose reliance on the information is merely “foreseeable”
• holding a professional owes a duty of care to the limited class of persons that the professional is aware will rely upon the information he prepared
• limiting duty to those whom the maker of a statement “is actually aware will rely upon” it; rejecting argument that duty is owed to “foreseeable” users of the information

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