#5 of 8 in Series — Previous Article #4: Judicial Estoppel Normally Used to Prevent Conflicting Litigation In the vast majority of consumer cases, assets are easily identifiable and can be listed and valued on schedules A and B with limited investigation. However, one asset that may be both difficult to identify and value is […]
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Judicial Estoppel Normally Used to Prevent Conflicting Litigation
#4 of 8 in Series — Previous Article #3: Debtor Responsible for Accuracy of Bankruptcy Filing Regardless of Legal Advice Judicial estoppel “is an equitable concept providing that a party who prevails on one ground in a lawsuit may not in another lawsuit repudiate that ground.” United States v. Christian, 342 F.3d 744, 747 (7th […]