HAMMES v. BRUMLEY

Nos. 49S02-9512-CV-1382, 72S01-9512-CV-1383, 49S02-9505-CV-503, 55S01-9512-CV-1381 and 64S03-9505-CV-604.

659 N.E.2d 1021 (1995)

Joseph HAMMES, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Donna (Smith) Judy, Appellant (Plaintiff Below) v. Jennifer BRUMLEY, Appellee (Defendant Below). John G. Warne, Intervenor. Daniel W. HENDRIX, Appellant (Defendant Below), v. Sara A. PAGE and Marvin E. Page, (Plaintiffs Below), and Randall Kelshaw (Defendant Below), Appellees. Steve SHEWMAKER, Appellant (Plaintiff Below), v. Gerald ETTER, Appellee (Defendant Below), and William J. Franzmann, Nominal Appellee, (Defendant Below). Jack J. STALLSWORTH, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. Anselmo MUNOZ and Fidel & Sons Swimming Pools, Inc., Appellees-Defendants. Ernest W. STILLER, M.D., Appellant/Defendant Below, v. Jack LEATHERMAN and Gary Boyn, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Jack Leatherman, Appellees/Plaintiffs Below.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Ruppert, Miroff, Cross, Ruppert & Klineman, Indianapolis, for Appellant in No. 49S02-9512-CV-1382.

Donald D. Levenhagen, Hill, Fulwider, McDowell, Funk & Matthews, Indianapolis, for Appellant in No. 72S01-9512-CV-1383.

Donald M. Snemis, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, for Appellant in No. 49S02-9505-CV-503.

Pequita Jay Buis, Buis & Rowley, Indianapolis, for Appellant in No. 55S01-9512-CV-1381.

Robert D. Hawk and Carl A. Greci, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, for Appellant in No. 64A03-9310-CV-334.

James A. Goodin and Patrick L. Miller, Goodin & Kraege, Indianapolis, for Appellee in No. 49S02-9512-1382.

Todd J. Kaiser, Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, for Intervenor in No. 49S02-9512-CV-1382.

E. Gerry Barker, Jeffersonville, for Appellees in No. 72S01-9512-CV-1383.

Mark R. Smith, Smith & Bemenderfer, Indianapolis, for Appellee in No. 49S02-9505-CV-503.

Jeffrey L. McKean, Wooden, McLaughlin & Sterner, Indianapolis, for Appellees in No. 55S01-9512-CV-1381.

R. Kent Rowe, R. Kent Rowe, III, and Lee Korzan, Rowe & Rowe, South Bend, for Appellees in No. 64A03-9310-CV-334.


ON PETITIONS TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Each of these five cases requires us to decide one or more issues which arose when a claim in a lawsuit filed in state court also constituted an asset or a debt of a debtor in federal bankruptcy proceedings.

Hammes v. Brumley, Hendrix v. Page, Shewmaker v. Etter, and Stallsworth v. Munoz each present the issue of whether a state law claim...

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