Kerschner v. Weiss & Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE ZWICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a dispute over the dissolution of an accounting partnership. At issue is the propriety of the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of third-party defendants, Elliott I. Goodman and the law firm of Gottlieb and Schwartz, on the claim for indemnity brought by third-party plaintiffs, Marshall Kerschner and Ronald Karlin.

The record reveals that Marshall Kerschner, Ronald Karlin, Burton Sharpe, Jerry Weiss, Franklyn Lee, and Anne Seefor were partners in an accounting firm known as Weiss & Company. In…