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FURNISS v. RENNICK

No. 3-96-0458.

676 N.E.2d 8 (1997)

286 Ill. App.3d 318

221 Ill.Dec. 668

Judy A. FURNISS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John D. RENNICK, Jr., Executor of the Estate of John D. Rennick, Deceased, Edna L. Carroll, Patricia Ann Akins and Vivian J. Johnson, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Radley (argued), Baymiller & Radley, Peoria, for Judy A. Furniss, Appellant.

Karen L. Kendall, William I. Covey, Craig L. Unrath (argued), David R. Sinn, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for Patricia Ann Akins, Edna L. Carroll, Vivian J. Johnson, and John D. Rennick, Jr., Appellees.

Mr. Barry M. Barash, Barash, Stoerzbach & Henson, Galesburg.

Reynolds M. Everett, Everett & Luymes, P.C., Galva.

Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented by this appeal is whether a deponent's estate may rely on Supreme Court Rule 212 (134 Ill.2d R. 212) to bar the use of admissions made by the deponent in a discovery deposition taken before his death. For the reasons which follow, we hold that it cannot.

Judy Furniss filed a legal malpractice action against attorney John Rennick alleging that...

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