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In re Jacobs

Ruling
Small preference exception to avoidance applied to preference period wage withholdings of less than $600.
Issue(s)
Were less than $600 garnished from debtor's wages during the preference period subject to turnover?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 30, 2014 , LexisNexis #0415-053

In re Manuel

Ruling
Creditor's continuation of prepetition garnishment was a willful violation of the stay entitling debtor to sanctions.
Issue(s)
Did creditor violate the automatic stay by continuing prepetition garnishment against debtor after the petition date and was the violation grounds for sanctions?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 24, 2014 , LexisNexis #0115-076

In re John Richards Homes Bldg. Co. LLC

Ruling
Additional punitive damages for wrongful filing of involuntary petition denied.
Issue(s)
Was debtor entitled to additional punitive damages against petitioning creditor that wrongfully filed an involuntary case?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #0115-036

In re Swonger

Ruling
Plan confirmed but relief from stay granted to debtor's former spouse to return to state court to establish nondischargeability of debtor's obligation to pay home equity loan.
Issue(s)
Was debtor's obligation to former spouse to pay a home equity line of credit a nondischargeable domestic support obligation and/or should relief from stay be granted to allow the spouse to seek clarification from the state court as to whether debtor's possible future failure to make payments would result in nondischargeable debt?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 10, 2014 , LexisNexis #1114-030

Rachmale v. Conese

Ruling
Indemnification proceeding related to debtor's bankruptcy remanded on equitable grounds.
Issue(s)
Should removed indemnification lawsuit against debtor's former majority shareholder, CEO, President, and Chairman of the board of directors, who had since resigned and become a minority shareholder, be remanded?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #0914-065

Stevenson v. PHI Air Med. LLC (In re Justin)

Ruling
Insurance reimbursement assigned to creditor prior to petition date was not property of the estate.
Issue(s)
Was insurance reimbursement property of the estate where it had been assigned prior to the petition date?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 09, 2014 , LexisNexis #0814-021

In re Wilson

Ruling
Case reopened for limited purpose of determining dischargeability of previously omitted claim.
Issue(s)
Whether court should grant debtor's motion to reopen his no-asset chapter 7 case under 11 U.S.C.S. § 350(b) to add an omitted creditor.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 30, 2014 , LexisNexis #0814-038

Shapiro v. US Claims Inc. (In re Welch)

Ruling
Trustee could not avoid preference period payment to corporation that had bought interest in workers' compensation claim two years earlier.
Issue(s)
Could trustee avoid debtor's transfer of interest in workers' compensation settlement that occurred two years before petition date?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 28, 2014 , LexisNexis #0614-022