Legal Opinion
Micks v. Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided February 1, 2019No. Case No. 17-cv-4659 (ECT/ECW)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eric C. Tostrud, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Wanda Micks ("Micks") co-signed a student loan (the "Loan") for a friend in 2006, and she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy the following year. The parties dispute whether Micks's obligation under the Loan might have been among those debts discharged through her bankruptcy. Her friend later stopped making payments on the Loan, and in 2015, Defendant Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. ("Gurstel"), as counsel for the owner of the Loan, obtained a judgment against Micks and her friend in Hennepin County District Court for the unpaid balance. Soon after,…
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