Legal Opinion
Pettibone Corporation v. Carl Easley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 1991No. 90-3025 to 90-3028PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Only a belief that bankruptcy is forever could produce a case such as this. When Pettibone Corporation and its affiliates (collectively Pettibone) filed for bankruptcy, some personal injury cases were pending against it. These were stayed automatically. 11 U.S.C. § 362. During the bankruptcy proceedings other personal injury suits were filed despite § 362. Courts put these new tort cases in stasis. Pettibone’s plan of reorganization lists all tort cases, including those filed in violation of the automatic stay, as claims that pass through bankruptcy. Plaintiffs who…
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