Legal Opinion

Corey Harris And Juline Harris v. Michael Fortin

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided September 8, 2014No. 71649-2Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON COREY HARRIS AND JULINE HARRIS, No. 71649-2-1 Appellants, DIVISION ONE CO m ~o a- v. PUBLISHED OPINION CD ''.'• MICHAEL FORTIN, CO en Respondent. FILED: September 8, 2014 Trickey, J. — The doctrine of judicial estoppel prevents a party from asserting a particular position in a judicial proceeding and later taking a clearly inconsistent position in order to gain an advantage. Here, throughout their bankruptcy proceedings, appellants maintained that a promissory note, on which respondent agreed to pay them a principal amount of $400,000.00, had…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Anfinson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Arkison v. Ethan Allen, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Arkison v. Ethan Allen, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Bartley-Williams v. KendallCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2006

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