ERNST & ERNST v. UNDERWRITERS NAT. ASSUR.

No. 2-977A365.

381 N.E.2d 897 (1978)

ERNST & ERNST, Appellant (Defendant below), v. UNDERWRITERS NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., Appellee (Plaintiff below), and Charles M. Beardsley, Booke and Company, et al., Appellees (Defendants below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. McDermott, James A. Strain, Michael R. Fruehwald, Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Indianapolis, Christian, Waltz, White, Klotz & Free, Noblesville, for appellant.

William C. Barnard, James K. Sommer, Eric R. Johnson, Sommer, Barnard, Freiberger & Scopelitis, Indianapolis, for Underwriters Nat. Assur. Co. et al.

Samuel A. Haubold, Lawrence P. Bemis, Russell J. Rotter, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Smith, Pearce, Barr & Howard, Noblesville, Womble, Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, N.C., for Charles M. Beardsley and Booke & Co.


YOUNG, Judge.

The issue presented for review is whether the order of the trial court granting discovery of documents in the possession of an accountant was proper in view of the provisions of I.C. 1971, 25-2-1-23 (Burns Code Ed.) (Section 23).

Ernst & Ernst (E & E), appellant-defendant, is a partnership engaged in the practice of certified public accounting. E & E was engaged to audit financial statements of Underwriters National Assurance Company...

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