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VERY INTERESTING LAWYER FUCK UP--WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE
| exciting fishy electric furnace | 10/03/15 |
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Date: October 3rd, 2015 3:44 PM Author: exciting fishy electric furnace http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2015/10/02/judge-lawyer-cant-dodge-364000-contempt-fine-using-bankruptcy/
Hit with a big fine for violating a judge’s order, Michigan lawyer David W. Charron filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid paying it.
But a bankruptcy judge derailed that plan on Wednesday, ruling that Mr. Charron’s civil contempt fine of $363,506.77—a penalty for orchestrating the sale of an insurance firm despite a court order not to do so—isn’t the type of debt that a person can get rid of using bankruptcy.
In his 26-page ruling, Judge James Boyd said Mr. Charron can’t cancel his debt to Glenn Morris, the former co-owner of insurance agency Morris, Schnoor & Gremel Inc. |