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• noting that a favorable settlement is the equivalent of winning a judgment for the purposes of judicial estoppel
• holding that a plaintiff was judicially estopped from asserting claims based on her ability to work where she had previously received a favorable Workers’ Compensation settlement based on assertions that she was unable to work
• explaining that “the interests of the second court are uniquely implicated and threatened by the taking of an incompatible position”
• noting that estoppel is an 6 “equitable doctrine invoked by a court at its direction”
• noting that the doctrine of judicial estoppel “precludes a party from gaining an advantage by taking one position, and then seeking a second advantage by taking an incompatible position.”
• finding that the plaintiff could not 27 4Cipriani filed the counterclaim in the state court case initiated by Alexander and 28 his son on June 24, 2022 (ECF No. 59-4 at 2, 14), over a year before he initially filed this case (ECF No. 1 (filed October 9, 2023)

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