Legal Opinion
Peerless Insurance v. Nedelka (In Re Nedelka)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 30, 1993No. 15-30619PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ALAN H.W. SHIFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
The plaintiff has moved for summary judgment in the above captioned adversary proceeding to determine that the debt it is owed by the defendant is not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C.A. § 523(a)(2)(A) (West 1993). The motion is granted because the relevant issues have been tried and determined in a hearing before a state workers’ compensation commissioner and thus the defendant is barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel from retrying those issues.
BACKGROUND
On December 13, 1991, a hearing was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Windsor Plumbing Supply Co., Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1994
- McGrath v. Moreau (In Re Moreau)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1993
- North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau v. Tuttle (In re Tuttle)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1999