Legal Opinion
Michigan Assigned Claims Facility v. Felski (In Re Felski)
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided May 13, 2002No. 1:01-cv-10272PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER REVERSING JUDGMENT OF BANKRUPTCY COURT
LAWSON, District Judge.
The question presented in this appeal is whether a debtor who drives while intoxicated and is involved in a motor vehicle accident causing personal injury may discharge a debt to an insurer assigned to pay Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits to the injured third party under Michigan’s no-fault insurance act because of the debtor-driver’s uninsured status. The Bankruptcy Court concluded that 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(9) did not prevent discharge of the debt because the debt arose not from “personal injury,” but…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,948 in Re Kenneth L. Isaacman, Debtor. J.E. Nicholson, Jr. v. Kenneth L. IsaacmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- In Re Robert Stephen Adams, Debtor. Betty Hilda Ida Koepke Moraes v. Robert Stephen Adams, Robert Stephen AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Bradley v. Mid-Century InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- In Re: Bernard L. Zaptocky and Gloria J. Zaptocky, Debtors. David O. Simon, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Chase Manhattan BankCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by2 opinions
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