Legal Opinion
Cavoto v. Hayes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 2011No. 10-2681PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Mary Lou Hayes sent the Internal Revenue Service a Form 1099-C declaring that she had discharged an unpaid $30,000 debt owed to her by her former son-in-law, Robert Cavoto. He disputed that there ever was a debt and sued under 26 U.S.C. § 7434(a), claiming that Hayes had willfully filed a fraudulent “information return.” Hayes counterclaimed for payment of the debt. After a bench trial, the district court held that the Form 1099-C was not fraudulent and that Hayes was entitled to her $30,000. See Cavoto v. Hayes, No. 08 C 6957, 2010 WL 2679973, at *4-*5 (N.D.Ill. July 1, 2010). Cavoto appeals and…
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