{"id":5824,"date":"2016-01-18T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2016-01-18T08:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T14:22:22","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-no-evidence-bad-faith-estate-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-no-evidence-bad-faith-estate-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Evidence of Bad Faith in Estate Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rev. Timothy O\u2019Malley and William O\u2019Malley were two of Eileen O\u2019Malley\u2019s sons. In 1996, Eileen O\u2019Malley experienced the first signs of dementia. The same year, Eileen and Timothy opened a joint checking account with First Midwest Bank Corp.<\/a><\/p>\n

Eileen instructed that the account statements be sent to the Palos Country Club<\/a>, a family asset managed by William O\u2019Malley. Timothy never saw the account statements and so had no way of knowing that it contained almost $5 million in February 2004 and that by February 2009, there was less than $100,000 in the account. William had withdrawn the rest.<\/p>\n

William, with two of his siblings, developed a plan \u201cto defraud their 8 siblings and Eileen so that [they] would control Eileen\u2019s assets.\u201d To accomplish that, they had Eileen sign documents, including \u201cwills, trust agreements and checks which did not reflect Eileen\u2019s wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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