{"id":7618,"date":"2020-02-05T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2020-02-03T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:27:31","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-decedents-discovery-deposition-should-be-used-as-evidence-at-trial-pursuant-to-supreme-court-rule-212a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-decedents-discovery-deposition-should-be-used-as-evidence-at-trial-pursuant-to-supreme-court-rule-212a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Decedent\u2019s Discovery Deposition Should Be Used as Evidence at Trial Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 212(a)(5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a negligence lawsuit in which the defendant died two years after his discovery deposition. In this case, the Illinois Appellate Court was unanimous on the dispute about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs4.asp?DocName=073500050HArt%2E+VIII+Pt%2E+2&amp;ActID=2017&amp;ChapterID=56&amp;SeqStart=55400000&amp;SeqEnd=55600000\">Illinois Dead-Man\u2019s Act, 735 ILCS 5\/8-201<\/a>. However, justices of the 5<sup>th<\/sup> District, Judy L. Cates and David K. Overstreet, disagreed on whether the trial judge misconstrued Illinois Supreme Court Rule 212(a)(5), which was amended in 2011 to permit use of discovery depositions as substantive evidence at trial.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Supreme Court Rule 212(a)(5) says that a discovery deposition may be used \u201cupon reasonable notice to all parties, as evidence at trial or hearing against the party who appeared at the deposition or was given proper notice thereof, if the court finds that the deponent is not a controlled expert witness, the deponent\u2019s evidence deposition has not been taken and the deponent is unable to attend or testify because of death or infirmity, and if the court, based on its sound discretion, further finds such evidence at trial or hearing will do substantial justice between or among the parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Eyster sued Kenneth Conrad for allegedly causing an auto crash. The administrator of Conrad\u2019s estate requested summary judgment, arguing the Dead-Man\u2019s Act blocked Eyster from testifying about the incident.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-decedents-discovery-deposition-should-be-used-as-evidence-at-trial-pursuant-to-supreme-court-rule-212a5\/#more-7618\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a negligence lawsuit in which the defendant died two years after his discovery deposition. In this case, the Illinois Appellate Court was unanimous on the dispute about the Illinois Dead-Man\u2019s Act, 735 ILCS 5\/8-201. However, justices of the 5th District, Judy L. Cates and David K. 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