Legal Opinion
Virginia Hospital Centerarlington Health System v. Akl (In Re Akl)
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 4, 2008No. Bankruptcy No. 07-00256. Adversary No. 07-10026PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION REGARDING MOTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENDANT’S PURSUIT OF A COUNTERCLAIM
S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
In litigation pursued by the debtor, Ziad Akl, against it elsewhere, Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington Health System (the “Hospital”), obtained judgments against Akl for attorneys’ fees it incurred in that litigation. Akl then commenced the bankruptcy case, under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), within which this adversary proceeding is pending. The Hospital filed this adversary proceeding against him to obtain a determination that the debts owed to it…
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