Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 68,272 Gail Spilman v. Darryl M. Harley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1981No. 80-3015PublishedCited by 375 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This case requires this Court to decide the yet unresolved issue whether a bankruptcy judge must consider every question of dis-chargeability of a debt de novo or whether the parties are collaterally estopped by a prior state court judgment determining the nature of the debt?
Appellant is a judgment creditor of ap-pellee. The Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio awarded appellant $207,748.95 for personal injuries caused when appellee, allegedly intoxicated, drove his car onto the sidewalk, striking appellant. The judgment was entered July 28, 1977.…
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