Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. (judicial estoppel
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Send us Fan Mail In a unanimous opinion by Justice Jackson, the Supreme Court vacated a Fifth Circuit decision that had barred Thomas Keathley’s personal-injury lawsuit under the doctrine of judicial estoppel after he failed to disclose the claim during his ongoing Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The Court held that when determining whether a debtor’s omission of a legal claim was inadvertent or mistaken, courts must consider the totality of the circumstances rather than applying the Fifth Circuit’s r...
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