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Judge Donald R. Cassling
Judge Jack B. Schmetterer
Webster Place Athletic Club, LLC v. Ramco-Webster Place, LLC (Webster Place Athletic Club LLC)
February 28, 2019
February 28, 2019
18 B 30466, 18 A 00916
Neighborhood Barre, LLC v. Samantha Kennedy (Neighborhood Barre, LLC)
February 21, 2019
February 21, 2019
18 B 14703, 18 A 00215
Judge Thomas M. Lynch
In re Brian and Jodi Colberg and Colberg Trucking, LLC (case 18-81064)
February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019
18-81032
Final applications for approval of fees and expenses of Debtors’ counsel granted in part and denied in part. Based on objections by the Chapter 12 Trustee, the court disallowed certain entries due to excessive time billed, duplication of services, unnecessary proceedings, and travel time billed at full hourly rate.
In re Xhevdet and Fize Rushani
February 15, 2019
February 15, 2019
15-82590
USDA’s motion in chapter 13 case for relief from the automatic stay to pursue a foreclosure against Debtors’ residence granted after finding that Debtors were in default on the terms of the confirmed plan without justification or a request for modification and the determination of whether the original loan agreement was modified or novated by a subsequent assistance agreement was best left to the state court.
Michael Draka v. Joshua J. Andrea (In re Andrea)
February 1, 2019
February 1, 2019
18-80357, 18-96014
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on determination of nondischargeability under § 523(a)(6) was denied after finding default judgment in state court not entitled to collateral estoppel.
Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Haifa Sharifeh v. Horace Fox, Jr., Trustee of the Debtor’s Bankruptcy Estate (In re Richard Sharif)
January 29, 2019
January 29, 2019
09-05868
On remand from the district court, after a trial, findings were made regarding an Intervenor's assertion that she had been denied due process when she was not served in an adversary proceeding where trust assets were found to be part of a bankruptcy estate in 2010. The court found that the Intervenor waived her objection because she waited too long to bring it up and by participating in the litigation through her agents, her brother, Richard Sharif, the Debtor, and her attorney, who she sued for legal malpractice for not asserting certain claims in the underlying matter.
Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Judge LaShonda A. Hunt
Catherine Steege, as Trustee for Calumet Photographic, Inc. v. Canon U.S.A., Inc. (In re Calumet Photographic, Inc., et al.)
January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019
14bk008893, 16ap00195
At issue is whether the law in this Circuit holds that only unpaid new value can be used by a creditor to reduce preference liability under 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(4)(B). The court concludes the answer to that question is yes.
Judge Timothy A. Barnes
In re Kimball Hill, Inc., et al.
January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019
08bk10095
Upon a motion seeking enforcement of this court’s confirmation order and damages arising from the alleged violation by the debtors’ prepetition surety, filed by successor to the purchaser of assets in the above-captioned bankruptcy cases, the court having previously determined that the surety violated the injunction and release set forth in the court’s confirmation order and the debtors’ plan, and after a trial to determine damages, held: The movant has established that it is entitled to damages stemming from the surety’s repeated pursuit of claims against the movant in the state court. The court, therefore, awards actual damages for reduced property value, legal costs, consulting costs and project management costs. The court declines to award punitive damages. The motion remains GRANTED and this decision concludes the motion.