Questão jurídica principal
Whether the claimant satisfied the duty to mitigate loss by timely and sufficiently asserting unpaid wages before bankruptcy
Decisão extraída
He did not. Mere oral reminders over several months were insufficient in the circumstances; written and more forceful steps were required.
Fundamentação extraída
Because the arrears were substantial, lasted for months, and no partial payments were made, the claimant had to act earlier by written demand and, if necessary, by wage action or debt enforcement. Reliance on oral assurances and a hoped-for real-estate deal was not objectively justified.