Barto Technical Services, Inc. v. Lawrence (In Re Barto Technical Services, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUDITH K. FITZGERALD, Bankruptcy Judge.

The matter before the court is Debtor’s objection to the claim of Christine Lawrence (hereafter “Respondent”). 1 The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors joined in Debtor’s objection.

Before the bankruptcy was filed, a motion for summary judgment was pending in Respondent’s wrongful death action in state court. The state suit included a products liability claim against various defendants, including Debtor and its subsidiary, Berkeley-Davis, Inc., with respect to a piece of equipment which crushed Respondent’s husband, Donald…