Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. KPMG LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 2008No. 07-2819PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff is the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee of a company named march-FIRST. He brought this suit against KPMG, the accounting firm, claiming that marchFIRST had been harmed as a result of the accounting firm’s having breached its duty of care in violation of Illinois tort law. He seeks more than $600 million in damages. The district judge withdrew the case from the bankruptcy court and ultimately granted summary judgment in the defendant’s favor.
KPMG was the auditor of a firm called Whittman-Hart, which offered consulting services in information technology. In the…
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