Schein v. Ernst & Young, LLP

Appellants appeal from a judgment in their favor, and appellee cross-appeals. We affirm all issues raised without discussion, with the exception of one issue raised on direct appeal, which we reverse. The issue we discuss is whether Illinois’s audit interference doctrine, which permits evidence of a client’s negligence only where the client interferes with an auditor’s services, should be extended to apply to a third party. We find, under the specific facts of this case, that the doctrine applies to the third party appellants. We further find that, because there was no evidence that…