Legal Opinion
DeGiacomo v. Sacred Heart University, Inc. (In re Palladino)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 10, 2016No. Case No. 14-11482-MSH (Substantively Consolidated); Adversary Proceeding No. 15-01126PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Melvin S. Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
This is a lawsuit over the meaning of value. It raises the question, when parents pay for the college education of their adult child, do they receive anything of value? To complicate the question, does it matter if the parents happen to be convicted Ponzi scheme felons who, at the time they paid the tuition, had been engaged in perpetrating the Ponzi scheme? The parties in this adversary proceeding, plaintiff, Mark G. DeGiacomo, the chapter 7 trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Steven and Lori…
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