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§ 507(a)(4)

In re ADI Liquidation, Inc.

Ruling
Employee’s claim for severance pay was entitled to fourth priority status. (Bankr. D. Del.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Wages, Salaries, or Commissions.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 19, 2016 , LexisNexis #1116-041

In re LaFrance

Ruling
Creditor not entitled to priority claim for unpaid wages which were not earned within 180 days of the petition date.
Issue(s)
Was employee's claim for unpaid wages entitled to priority status?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 07, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-082

In re Aquatic Pools Inc.

Ruling
Claim for wages due more than 180-days before petition date was not entitled to priority status.
Issue(s)
Was creditor's wage claim entitled to priority status?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on May 27, 2016 , LexisNexis #0616-086

In re Relativity Fashion LLC

Ruling
Priority claim for compensation denied to creditor who lacked contractual relationship with debtor.
Issue(s)
Was creditor who had never been a contract employee of debtor entitled to an administrative expense claim for compensation?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 18, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-048

In re EcoSmart Inc.

Ruling
Claims for sales commissions were not entitled to priority treatment.
Issue(s)
Could prepetition commissions earned by debtor's independent contractors be paid as priority claims?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 18, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-047

In re Escalera Res. Co.

Ruling
Chapter 11 debtor authorized to pay priority claims of employees for wages, salaries, expenses and benefits.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's motion for payment of wages, salaries and benefits of employees be granted?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 09, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-085

FAH Liquidating Corp., In re--Etzelsberger v. Fisker Auto. Holdings, Inc.

Ruling
Creditor and the WARN Class were entitled to priority treatment of their claims where debtorexperienced a "cessation of business" under §§ 507(a)(4) and (a)(5). (Bankr. D. Del.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Wages, Salaries, or Commissions.

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 02, 2013 , LexisNexis #0220-038

In re Hinesley Family Ltd. Pship No. 1

Ruling
Claim for lost wages barred by res judicata.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on August 07, 2013 , LexisNexis #0813-115

Matson v. Alarcon

Ruling
Severance compensation claim was entitled to administrative expense status.
Procedural posture

Appellee claimants sought priority treatment under 11 U.S.C.S. § 507(a)(4) in a debtor's bankruptcy case for claims for severance compensation. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond, overruled appellant trustee's objections to priority treatment of the claims. The trustee's appeal was certified to the court of appeals.

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 06, 2011 , LexisNexis #0711-113

In re Black Diamond Mining Co. LLC

Ruling
Claims by debtor's former CFO denied in their entirety.
Procedural posture

An interested party (objector) filed an objection to an application by claimant, debtors' ex-chief financial officer (CFO), seeking relief on an allowed administrative claim and a related proof of claim for $362,296 on account of his employment by debtor. Specifically at issue was whether the CFO was entitled to a $339,782 super-priority secured claim under Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 376.150 and/or a $10,950 priority claim per 11 U.S.C.S. § 507(a)(4).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 10, 2010 , LexisNexis #0410-013