IN RE SIMMONS

Bankruptcy No. 96 B 20501, Adversary No. 98 A 00855.

224 B.R. 879 (1998)

In re Dianna SIMMONS, Debtor. Dianna SIMMONS and Michael G. Sebastian, Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO., Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman, Edelman & Combs, Erik A. Martin, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Robert N. Lane, Lovell, White & Durrant, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.

Craig Phelps, Chicago, IL, Chapter 13 Trustee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOAN H. LEFKOW, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this adversary proceeding, the Debtor1 challenges certain claims filing practices of Ford Motor Credit Company ("Ford Credit"), a lender under many retail installment contracts financing the purchase of automobiles. Because the Debtor would bring this suit as a class action to redress systemic abuses relating to the filing of claims in Chapter 13 cases, some generalized...

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