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BOARD OF TRUSTEES v. COOPERS & LYBRAND

No. 1-01-2947.

775 N.E.2d 55 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 225

266 Ill.Dec. 493

The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT NO. 508, COUNTY OF COOK, State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P., Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben L. Hedlund, James W. Joseph, Erin H. Walz, Sarah J. Deneen, Hedlund, Hanley, Koenigsknecht & Trafelet, Chicago (Steven J. Roeder, Freeborn & Peters, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey R. Tone, Linton J. Childs, Asheesh Goel, David A. Gordon, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, for Defendant-appellant.

Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff City Colleges of Chicago (City Colleges) sued defendant Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. (Coopers), for professional negligence and breach of contract resulting from an audit of City Colleges. The jury returned a verdict in favor of City Colleges for $23 million reduced by 45% for plaintiff's comparative negligence, and $378,000 for breach of contract. Coopers appeals claiming that: (1) City Colleges failed...

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