Harris v. George (In Re George)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Bankruptcy Judge.

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Mike Harris and Despina Harris, the plaintiffs, have filed an amended complaint seeking to except from discharge a state-court judgment debt in the amount of $160,-796.59 they obtained against Charles George, the debtor-defendant. The plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment contends, under collateral estoppel principles, that the state-court judgment, issued after a bench trial, precludes the debtor from relitigating the material facts found by the state court and that the…