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E.D. New York· 4/16/2015

In re Haemmerle

Citations

  • 529 B.R. 17
  • 2015 Bankr. LEXIS 1308
  • 2015 WL 1737291

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  • awarding reasonable attorneys’ fees after concluding creditor’s 137 phone calls were not technical, unintended, or quickly remedied, but were in fact wanton and oppressive
  • awarding reasonable attorneys’ fees after concluding creditor’s 137 phone calls were not technical, unintended, or quickly remedied, but were in fact wanton and oppressive
  • finding a $69,500 sanction imposed against a large mortgage creditor was \proper and reasonable\ after that creditor attempted to collect a debt that had been discharged in an individual's chapter 7 case.
  • awarding $500 per violation, where collection letters were sent post-petition violation
  • bankruptcy court imposing punitive sanctions and adding “courts are called upon to exercise their discretion to determine what punitive sanction is appropriate and reasonable”
  • “The discharge injunction is intended to further one of the primary purposes of the Bankruptcy Code: giving the debtor an opportunity to make a financial fresh start, unburdened by efforts to collect debts she no longer owes.”

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