Dzikowski v. Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A. (In Re Prudential of Florida Leasing, Inc.)

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• holding that federal law, not state law, governs application of the single satisfaction rule under section 550(d)
• applying federal common law to fill the interstices of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to settlement bar rules
• agreeing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that any up-front allocation by the parties would be self-serving when multiple claims are being settled in a single agreement
• bankruptcy court was required to apply “federal rule of single satisfaction” “rather than Florida law”
• ‘When the amount for which a cause of action has been settled is unclear because the settlement involved multiple injuries, claims, and parties, section 550(d
• “When the district court does not address an issue, the proper course of action is often to vacate the order of the district court and remand.”

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