Court Opinion

ID: 9861975
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 00:56:29.954826+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:29:53.077400
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE HARRISON, specially concurring: Although I agree with the result reached by the majority, I disagree with that portion of its analysis pertaining to requests for admissions which involve legal conclusions. There is no question that legal conclusions are not an appropriate subject for a request to admit under Rule 216(a). In my view, however, the claim that a requested admission improperly asks for a conclusion of law is no different from any other objection claiming that a requested admission is “improper in whole or in part.” 134 Ill. 2d R. 216(c)(2). Under the express provisions of Rule 216(c), any such claim must be raised by written objection. Absent such an objection, the impropriety is deemed waived, and the failure to specifically deny the requested matter will constitute an admission of its truth.