Legal Opinion
Peter Metrou v. M.A. Mortenson Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2015No. 14-8030PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
David Matichak was injured at work in August 2009 and filed a workers’ compensation claim. Matichak and his wife filed a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 in September 2010; he disclosed the workers’ compensation claim on his schedule of assets and valued it at $7,500. The bankruptcy court discharged the Matichaks’ debts that December.
About a year after the discharge, Matic-hak filed a tort suit against two firms that, he maintained, had contributed to his injury. The suit sought substantial damages. Defendants asked the district judge for summary judgment,…
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