Ruvacalba v. Munoz (In Re Munoz)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal requires us to revisit the problem of the effect of the bankruptcy discharge on nonbankruptcy litigation.
*549The bankruptcy court blocked a post-discharge workers’ compensation action that was being pursued by appellants for the limited purpose of obtaining a California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (“WCAB”) award against the debtor that is required for payment from the state’s Uninsured Employers Fund (“UEF”). The court reasoned that barring recovery would “protect” the debtor’s discharge because a UEF payment would trigger a reimbursement…
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