Butzloff v. Quandt

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Edward LeRoy Fox (Fox), appeals from an order overruling his motion to set aside a default judgment entered against him in this wrongful death action subsequent to the automatic stay arising from his filing of a federal bankruptcy petition. Plaintiff’s wrongful death action is predicated upon injuries allegedly sustained by her decedent as a result of actions of Fox while driving in an intoxicated condition. We conclude that, under the supremacy clause of the federal constitution, U.S. Const, art. VI, cl. 2, the federal statutes involved render the action of the…