· 4/15/1994
Jewish Hosp. v. BOARTMEN'S NAT. BANK
Citations
- 633 N.E.2d 1267
- 261 Ill. App. 3d 750
- 199 Ill. Dec. 276
How courts have described this case
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- noting that defending the terms of the will often results in an adversarial relationship between the estate and a beneficiary of the estate
- noting that -10- 1-04-3512 defending the terms of the will often results in an adversarial relationship between the estate and a beneficiary of the estate
- finding that accountant owed duty to remainder benefi- ciaries of decedent’s estate, despite fact that beneficiar- ies were not clients of accountant
- accountant may be liable for estate’s tax assessment when it negligently failed to render advice that could have led to tax avoidance
- estate attorney has no duty to beneficiary due to “potentially adversarial relationship” between estate’s and beneficiary’s interests
- “[U]nder limited circumstances, a nonclient may maintain either a negligence action or a third-party-beneficiary/breach-of-contract action against an attorney.”
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Judges: William A. Lewis
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