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Jeanne Pouchain who, since November 2017, has been declared dead by the justice system after being convicted by the Prud'hommes, poses in front of a mirror on January 8, 2021, in Saint-Joseph. - In a judgment rendered on November 10, 2017, the social chamber of the Lyon Court of Appeal took for granted, wrongly, that Pouchain, implicated in an old labor dispute, was dead. Information of her death was provided during a labour dispute and the judges ruled against the alleged beneficiaries - the husband and son, who were absent at the hearing. "The complainant affirmed that Ms. Pouchain was dead, without proof, and everyone believed her. Nobody checked anything," laments Sylvain Cormier, the lawyer for Pouchain. (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP via Getty Images)