Legal Opinion
In Re the YODER COMPANY, Debtor. Mark S. BRATTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the YODER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1985No. 84-3138PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
In this Chapter 11 proceeding the Bankruptcy Court, 29 B.R. 299, affirmed by the District Court, held that Mark S. Bratton’s products liability claim for the loss of four fingers was barred for failure to timely file a proof of claim. Bratton contends that his claim should not be barred because he did not receive notice of the latest date for filing proofs of claim.
In 1981, Yoder filed a petition requesting relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. At that time Bratton’s products liability suit against Yoder was pending in a Michigan state court.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Edouard Legille v. C. Marshall Dann, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Dorothy Jane Simpson v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Richard R. REEVES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by139 opinions
- In Re Longardner & Associates, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Landahl, Brown & Weed Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Adrian L. Cristobal v. Jeffrey SiegelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Bank One, Texas, N.A. v. Paul J. MontleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- McCann v. Newman Irrevocable TrustCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Cardinal Mine Supply, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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