Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Edward Joseph PAHULE, Debtor-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 29, 1988No. 87-2747PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In 1982 Edward Pahule, driving in New Jersey while drunk, struck a car with five passengers. Two of the five died. Pahule pleaded guilty to the crime of driving while intoxicated. His insurance company tendered the policy limit in response to the suit by the victims. After a trial in April 1984 that Pahule did not trouble to attend, the Superior Court of New Jersey entered a judgment exceeding the amount of the insurance. Sixty thousand dollars was awarded to Gordon Sickel as administrator of the estate of his daughter Kristen, who died instantly at the age of 13 in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Zinovy v. Reytblatt v. Harold B. DentonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  3. Sickel v. Pahule (In Re Pahule)District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1987
  4. Township of Berkeley Heights v. Division of Tax AppealsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis v. SwedishAmerican Group Health Benefit TrustCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  2. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court v. Betts (In Re Betts)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
  3. Gary L. Whitson, Jr. Gary L. Whitson, Sr. v. Frank Jeffrey MiddletonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
  4. Whitson v. Middleton (In Re Middleton)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
  5. Sisters Of The Third Order Of St. Francis v. Swedishamerican Group Health Benefit TrustCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990

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