6th Circuit Upholds Government’s Summary Judgment Award Against Estate

Mealey's (November 5, 2018, 3:10 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel Oct. 25 upheld a federal judge in Michigan’s ruling awarding summary judgment to the federal government in a collection action it brought against a man’s estate, finding that its filing of a proof of claim in probate court tolled the statute of limitations (United States v. Estate of Albert Chicorel, No. 17-2321, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 30069)....