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In re ADI Liquidation, Inc.
Oct
19
2016
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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In re LaFrance
Sep
07
2016
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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In re Aquatic Pools Inc.
May
27
2016
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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In re Relativity Fashion LLC
Feb
18
2016
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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In re EcoSmart Inc.
Dec
18
2015
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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In re Escalera Res. Co.
Nov
09
2015
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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FAH Liquidating Corp., In re--Etzelsberger v. Fisker Auto. Holdings, Inc.
Oct
02
2013
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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In re Hinesley Family Ltd. Pship No. 1
Aug
07
2013
Ruling
Claim for lost wages barred by res judicata.
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Matson v. Alarcon
Jul
06
2011
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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In re Black Diamond Mining Co. LLC
Feb
10
2010
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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