Legal Opinion
Dupwe v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 8, 2004No. 03-594PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jim Hannah, Justice.
Bankruptcy Trustee Warren E. Dupwe appeals a summary judgment finding that he is judicially estopped from pursuing the tort claims of Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitioners Barry L. and Deborah L. Nix. The trial court found that when the Nixes failed to list claims against First State Bank, and its employees (“First State”) in their bankruptcy petition, any future suit on the claim was precluded by judicial estoppel. Dupwe’s tort action in Crittenden County was initially filed by the Nixes after their bankruptcy case was closed; however, when First State objected to the Nixes…
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