Legal Opinion
Smith v. Meyers (In Re Schwartz & Meyers)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 7, 1991No. 18-23933PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON DISCHARGEABILITY
TINA L. BROZMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Each of us is prone, at one time or another, to foist blame on others for our own mistaken judgments. When bankruptcy ensues, that is a particular temptation for people left with unsatisfied debts. In these consolidated adversary proceedings, 1 a creditor seeks to declare nondischargeable some $99,000 in debt as against two partners of a partnership with whom she invested her life’s savings on the advice of a friend and romantic interest. Although the loss of a good portion of her money was a personal tragedy, it is not one for…
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