Soren

Plaintiffs Neu-Visions Sports, Inc., and Edge Skating Center, Inc., sued, among others, Soren/McAdam/Bartells (Soren) and Jeffrey Sykes. Soren is an accounting firm and Mr. Sykes is a principal in the firm. Plaintiffs alleged a single cause of action for negligent misrepresentation against Soren and Mr. Sykes.

Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that Mr. Sykes made two misrepresentations in connection with a proposed project to build an ice and roller hockey arena in the former commissary building of Norton Air Force Base. The alleged misrepresentations were that the former commissary building was worth $5 million (the “value representation”) and “that the title to the property was not a problem in securing financing for the project, because Defendant Beck would have obtained clear title to the property prior to the funding of any financing for the project (the ‘title representation’).”

After taking the depositions of the parties, defendants Soren and Mr. Sykes filed a motion for summary judgment. Their motion relied primarily on the deposition testimony of Robert, Raymond and Brian Neufeld, the principals of plaintiffs, to support their contentions that the alleged…