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IN RE LEEDY MORTG. CO., INC.

Bankruptcy No. 83-03502K, Adv. No. 84-1168K.

76 B.R. 440 (1987)

In re LEEDY MORTGAGE CO., INC., Debtor. John P. JUDGE, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Steven James BURNHOPE, Excess Insurance Co., Ltd., English and American Insurance Co., Ltd., Bankers Insurance Corp., Bellefont Insurance Co., Nippon Insurance Co., Ltd., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Fishbone, Philadelphia, Pa., for trustee/plaintiff.

Charles C. Hileman, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for Stephen James Burnhope, Underwriter of Lloyds.

Robert R. Reeder, Philadelphia, Pa., for Bankers Ins. Corp.

Marvin Krasny, Philadelphia, Pa., for debtor.

John Judge, Philadelphia, Pa., trustee.

OPINION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The instant adversarial proceeding is an action by the Trustee of a Debtor mortgage company to recover, originally, compensatory damages of over $14 million and punitive damages of $50 million against the underwriters and the sales agent on two fidelity bonds as the result of certain fraudulent conduct of the Debtor's President and major shareholder, Richard Micheel...

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