McClendon v. United States, No. 17-20174 (5th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the district court's summary judgment determination that her late husband was personally liable under 26 U.S.C. 6672 for over $4.3 million in penalties for the unpaid withholding taxes of his medical practice. The Fifth Circuit reversed the denial of the motion for reconsideration; affirmed the district court's determination that the husband's $100,000 loan was unencumbered for purposes of section 6672 liability; vacated the remainder of the summary judgment because there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether his medical practice had $4.3 million in available, unencumbered funds after the husband learned of the unpaid taxes; and remanded for further proceedings.
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