Legal Opinion
Paige Martineau v. Joel Wier
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2019No. 18-2294PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Years after entering into a settlement that released certain tort claims, Paige Martineau filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. After her debts were discharged and the bankruptcy proceedings closed, Martineau brought this case in federal district court, seeking to rescind her settlement agreement as fraudulently induced and to pursue a tort action.
The district court rejected that effort and entered judgment in favor of the defendants. First, the district court held, Martineau lacked standing because her tort claims were the property of her bankruptcy estate when she…
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