Legal Opinion
Claussen v. Brookings County (In Re Claussen)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Dakota
Decided September 26, 1990No. 18-40598PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
PEDER K. ECKER, Bankruptcy Judge.
ACTION
Debtor/Plaintiff Harry Frederick Claus-sen (“Claussen”) filed an adversary complaint to determine the validity and priority of a statutory lien arising out of emergency medical services provided to his indigent wife which were paid for by Brookings County (“County”), South Dakota. This matter mandates that the Court balance valued competing policies: a local government’s interest in being reimbursed for making compulsory health care payments, which enjoy special exemption status under state law, and federally-created bankruptcy…
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