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· 2/2/1989

Klaskin v. Klepak

Citations

  • 534 N.E.2d 971
  • 126 Ill. 2d 376
  • 128 Ill. Dec. 526
  • 1989 Ill. LEXIS 176

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that the McFail factors are “[s]ome of the factors which this court deems persuasive ”
  • the lack of having a disinterested attorney question the decedent regarding his understanding of a transaction meant that the presumption was not overcome
  • “An attorney who deals with a client *** must comply with at least minimal standards of professional conduct”
  • a trial court’s judgment after a bench trial is reviewed under a manifest weight of the evidence standard
  • “Where several inferences may be drawn from conflicting evidence, the reviewing court must accept that which supports the trial court’s decision.”
  • the lack of having a disinterested attorney question the decedent regarding his understanding of a transaction meant that the presumption was not overcome

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Judges: Ward, Stamos, Calvo

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