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Debtor estopped from pursuing employment suit (access required)

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: August 16, 2010

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A Chapter 13 debtor who failed to list her sexual harassment claim against her employer in her bankruptcy schedules is judicially estopped from proceeding with the lawsuit, the 6th Circuit has ruled. The plaintiff filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition but did not list her sexual harassment claim against her employer (pending with the EEOC) ...
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