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IN RE BARNETT

Bankruptcy No. 3-87-02390(2)7, Adv. No. 3-87-0603.

95 B.R. 477 (1988)

In re Ewen P. BARNETT, Jr., Debtor. Jerry W. COOK, Plaintiff, v. Ewen P. BARNETT, Jr., Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky.

December 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace H. Spalding, III, Louisville, Ky., for debtor.

Joseph J. Golden, Louisville, Ky., Asst. U.S. Trustee.

David M. Cantor, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff.

OPINION-ORDER

J. WENDELL ROBERTS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is currently before the Court on the issue of whether the Bankruptcy Court has the authority to award punitive damages under the circumstances presented in this case.

The debtor, Ewen P. Barnett, Jr., ("debtor") filed for Chapter 7 relief on September 8, 1987. Shortly thereafter, on November 30, 1987, Jerry W. Cook ("plaintiff") filed this adversary proceeding against the debtor seeking...

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