SK Partners I, LP v. Metro Consultants, Inc.

Presiding Justice Gallagher and Justice Pucinski concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

This appeal involves an accounting malpractice claim stemming from certain partnerships’ overpayment of taxes due to asset depreciation miscalculations by their accountant. The claim was dismissed by the circuit court due to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, despite plaintiffs’ protestations to the contrary, which were based on the discovery rule. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

Plaintiffs, SK Partners I through IV and Sal’s Holding…