Court of Appeals of Tennessee January 30, 2004 (Hart v. Joseph Decosimo and Co., LLP)

OPINION

CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., and WILLIAM H. INMAN, Sr. J., joined.

Ronald Hart, Frank Brown, R&F Leasing Company, LP (“R&F Leasing”), and ICM Partners, LP (“ICM”) (collectively “the plaintiffs”) sued Joseph Decosimo and Company, LLP, Hendry & Decosimo, LLP, William Acuff (collectively “the accounting defendants”), and