Furniss v. Rennick

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 that follow, we hold that it cannot.

Judy Furniss filed a legal malpractice action against attorney John Rennick alleging that he breached a duty of professional care when drafting the wills of her father and stepmother, Paul and Edna Carroll. The action arose following Paul’s death when Edna revoked her will that directed that the family residence and…