Legal Opinion
In Re: Basil N. Spirtos, Debtor. Thelma v. Spirtos v. Irene Moreno
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 4, 2000No. 98-55101PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, Irene Moreno won a medical malpractice judgment against Dr. Basil Spirtos. See Moreno v. Beverly Hosp., No. C242972 (L.A.Super.Ct. Apr. 18, 1983). Four years later, Basil declared bankruptcy. Moreno filed three proofs of claim based on the judgment in Basil’s bankruptcy estate. Basil was granted a discharge in April 1996, one month before his death.
Following the discharge, the trustee of Basil’s estate filed an objection to Moreno’s claims on the ground that they were duplicative. The bankruptcy court agreed and allowed only one claim, for the judgment amount…
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