Legal Opinion

Wiersma v. O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling (In Re Wiersma)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 1, 2005No. BAP No. ID-02-1523-MAPB, BAP No. ID-02-1541-MAPB, BAP No. ID-03-1215-MAPB, BAP No. ID-03-1224-MAPB, Bankruptcy No. 01-41874PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARLAR, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Idaho dairy farmers Jim and Patricia Wiersma (“Debtors”) filed a chapter 111 petition and proposed a plan to relocate their failed dairy business to Georgia. Debtors’ cows had been subjected to electrical shocks from faulty wiring and had been culled until the herd was completely liquidated. Debtors sued the electrical contractor and, upon settlement of the state court lawsuit for $2.5 million cash (“Settlement Proceeds”), Debtors proposed to use the Settlement Proceeds to purchase cows and begin anew in Georgia. They proposed to give their major…

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