Legal Opinion
Eastman v. Union Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2007No. 05-8106PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we must decide whether the' district court properly exercised its discretion in holding Plaintiff Wayne Gard^ ner is judicially estopped from pursuing his personal injury claims against Defendants because he failed to disclose his pending claims to the bankruptcy court in the context of his chapter 7 bankruptcy. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We conclude the district court properly exercised its discretion, and affirm.
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Gardner was injured in an auto accident while in the employ of Defendant Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). Gardner,…
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