In Re McNeil
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.
A. INTRODUCTION
The instant contested matter presents the issue of whether a pre-petition secured creditor’s demand of $610.40 for “special damages,” incidental to its claim in a post-discharge state-court replevin suit seeking recovery of its collateral, constitutes a violation of the discharge injunction of 11 U.S.C. § 524(a). We disagree with the secured creditor’s assertion that this demand, asserted as compensation for attorneys’ fees and repossession costs incidental to pursuing its replevin action, necessarily arose post-petition simply because…
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