Ameriquest Mortgage Co. v. Nosek

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to evaluate an award of compensatory and punitive damages by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, a provision that grants bankruptcy courts the authority to enforce provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and related court orders, and to prevent an abuse of the bankruptcy process. In an adversary proceeding, the bankruptcy court awarded appellee Jaealyn S. Nosek (“Nosek”) $250,000 in emotional distress damages and $500,000 in punitive damages for appellant Ameriquest Mortgage…