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FMC CORP. v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 1-91-2168.

603 N.E.2d 716 (1992)

236 Ill. App.3d 355

177 Ill.Dec. 646

FMC CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago (Douglas J. Kurtenbach, Bowen H. Tucker, of counsel), for FMC Corp.

Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Michael J. Sweeney, Erica M. Landsberg, of counsel), for KPMG Peat Marwick.

Peterson & Ross, Chicago (Stephen M. Hoke, of counsel), for Rayment and Companies.

Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal. (Victoria Pynchon, of counsel), for AIU Ins. Co.

Presiding Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the circuit court's order to quash a subpoena duces tecum served upon KPMG Peat Marwick on the grounds that the accountants' workpapers which were subpoenaed are protected from disclosure under the accountant privilege established in section 27 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 111, par. 5533).

The sole issue on appeal is whether the statutory...

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