Appeal’s Court Ruling on Dead-Man’s Act

In the recent case of case of Bramlett v. Vandersand, 2020 IL App (5th), the plaintiff was mowing grass at his mother-in-law’s residence when she asked him to check on a malfunctioning light switch located outside the house. The plaintiff agreed and asked Dorothy to turn off the power connected to the light switch from inside the house. The decedent was battling advanced cancer and allegedly shaken by difficult news received earlier in the day which resulted in her forgetting to turn off the power. This resulted in the plaintiff enduring an electrical shock, falling from his ladder and sustaining…
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