Legal Opinion
Eugene K. Biesek v. Soo Line Railroad Company and Canadian Pacific Railway
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 2006No. 04-4070, 05-3960PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Eugene Biesek filed a bankruptcy petition in September 2002 and three months later received a discharge from liability on his remaining debts. The schedule of assets did not list any potential litigation, and in response to a form inquiring about “other contingent and unliquidated claims of every nature” Biesek checked “none.” That was a lie. Biesek had been injured on the job in December 2000 and through retained counsel had demanded compensation from his employer under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. In June 2002, only three months before…
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