CITY NAT. BANK OF FLA. v. CHECKERS, SIMON & ROSNER

No. 93-3334.

32 F.3d 277 (1994)

CITY NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, a National Banking Association, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHECKERS, SIMON & ROSNER, an Illinois Partnership, and Alan H. Gussis, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1994.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Quinlan, Michael I. Rothstein (argued), Stephen McKenna, Pope, Cahill & Devine, Chicago, IL, Robert P. Frankel, Lapidus & Frankel, Miami, FL, for City Nat. Bank of Florida.

Paul B. Uhlenhop, Charles J. Risch (argued), Lawrence A. Rosen, Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop, Chicago, IL, for Checkers, Simon & Rosner and Alan H. Gussis.

Kimball R. Anderson, Julie A. Bauer, Jennifer J. Demmon, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Illinois CPA Soc., amicus curiae.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

City National Bank of Florida ("CNB" or "the bank") appeals the dismissal of its complaint for fraud and negligence against Checkers, Simon & Rosner, an Illinois-based accounting firm, and Alan Harvey Gussis individually, one of the firm's partners ("the defendants"). We agree with the district court that CNB's complaint against the defendants is barred by the Illinois statute of limitations, 735 ILCS § 5/13-214.2(a). We affirm.

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