O'LANE v. Spinney

OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, J.:

The facts of this case are brief and uncontested. The respondent, Marlyn Spinney, obtained a default judgment against the *498appellant, John O’Lane, for injuries caused by medical malpractice. The judgment was entered on May 31, 1984. More than four years later, on July 22, 1988, O’Lane filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. O’Lane’s bankruptcy case was dismissed without discharge on January 30, 1989. O’Lane then refiled for bankruptcy on February 8, 1989. On June 21, 1990, the bankruptcy court again dismissed the proceeding denying O’Lane a discharge of his debts.

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