Legal Opinion
Lu v. Liu (In Re Liu)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided September 5, 2002No. Bankruptcy No. LA 97-37150-SB. Adversary No. LA 97-03364-SBPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION ON DEFAULTING PARTY
SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
The court finds in this adversary proceeding that the failure of a defaulting party, who has never appeared in the litigation, to respond to requests for admission may not be used at trial to prove up a case on the merits.
II. Relevant Facts
Plaintiff Robert Lu brought this adversary proceeding against debtor Colin Liu for a determination that a $4,479,897.30 debt is not dischargeable. Despite apparently proper service of the summons and complaint, Liu failed to answer or otherwise appear to…
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