Legal Opinion
Colwell v. Lucas (In Re Lucas)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 1, 1995No. 17-31569PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DOUGLAS 0. TICE, Bankruptcy Judge.
Plaintiff brought this adversary proceeding by complaint to except a prepetition state court judgment against debtor from discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). Plaintiff now moves the court on the basis of res judicata to grant summary judgment to fix the amount of the debt in the same amount as plaintiffs judgment, i.e., $25,-000.00 compensatory damages and $50,000.00 punitive damages.
Plaintiffs state court judgment was rendered by default. This court finds that neither res judicata nor collateral estoppel are applicable to this…
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