QUESTION
Does Chapter 13 bankruptcy protect a debtor from civil liability in an assault case?
Asked on Nov 10th, 2020 on Civil Litigation - Georgia
More details to this question:
My son was assaulted and had to go to the emergency room where he received 15 staples to close the lacerations on his scalp. He filed a civil suit in Magistrate court in Georgia. The person that assaulted him filed Ch. 13 bankruptcy, whereupon the Magistrate cancelled the civil suit. Is that legal?
1 ANSWER
Teh claim is not "cancelled", it just has to be pursued in the bankruptcy proceeding instead of the civil court.
Answered on Nov 10th, 2020 at 8:16 AM