SWEENEY, C.J.
¶ 1 Judicial estoppel prohibits a party from taking one position in a court proceeding and then a contrary position in a later proceeding for his own advantage. So a debtor who fails to disclose a claim for personal injuries in a bankruptcy proceeding cannot later assert that claim in a different court. And this is what the plaintiff did here. The trial judge then dismissed his complaint based on judicial estoppel. We conclude that this was a proper...
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