Legal Opinion
Birdsall Ex Rel. Estate of Birdsall v. Tulloch (In Re Tulloch)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 28, 2007No. 19-12039PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRIS STERN, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction.
Plaintiff Jerry Birdsall sues debtor-defendant Michael Tulloch to except from bankruptcy discharge a debt arising out of the tragic 1998 death of plaintiffs twenty-year-old daughter, Meghan. The exception-to-discharge allegations are grounded in 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) (willful and malicious injury to Ms. Birdsall) and § 523(a)(9) (personal injury and death of Ms. Birdsall caused by operation of a motor vehicle while debtor was unlawfully intoxicated). Meghan, a Boston University student, was the victim of a hit-and-run driver; that driver…
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