Michigan High Court: Fees May Be Sought As Damages For Accounting Malpractice

( March 13, 2026, 7:28 AM EDT) -- LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court found that the Michigan Court of Appeals erred in denying a machinery company’s claim for attorney fees as damages for alleged accounting malpractice done by the accounting firm it had hired because it followed the American Rule rather than the high court’s ruling in Hark Orchids, LP v. Buie, which the high court held extends to accounting malpractice....