United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for accounting firm in a professional malpractice suit is affirmed where the unambiguous language of a tolling agreement between the parties tolled only the statute of limitations defenses and other defenses, not the actual statute of limitations, thus summary judgment on an untimely cross-claim was proper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2006
• Decided 02/02/2007
• Published 02/02/2007

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michelle M. Bracke, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katharine W. Dunn, Roger K. Timm (argued), Dykema Gossett, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant., D.J. Sartorio, Donald E. Elder (argued), Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Eric L. Routman, Krafsur Law Group, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.