Hester v. Brewster

RDUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Sandra W. Hester, plaintiff-appellant, from a summary judgment dismissing her wrongful discharge suit against a former employer on grounds that it was filed in contravention of a bankruptcy court’s stay order and was thus void ab ini-tio. For the following reasons, we vacate that judgment and remand the matter to the district court for further proceedings.

The pertinent facts are straightforward. Plaintiff was employed by the Murray Law Firm, a P.L.C., on July 12, 1989, and was fired on January 19, 1990. Nine months later, on October 29, 1990, the Murray…