Panel: Architect Did Not Have ‘Deemed Allowed’ Claim That Constitutes Res Judicata

(March 27, 2017, 1:56 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 24 denied an architect’s appeal seeking to reverse a ruling in favor of a home builder's insurer in a breach of contract dispute arising from an underlying $63,471,000 copyright infringement dispute, rejecting the architect’s argument that an unobjected-to proof of claim in a bankruptcy case should be allowed and should become a final judgment when the bankruptcy case is closed (Kipp Flores Architects, LLC v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co., No. 16-20255, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 5241)....