Putnam v. Rymes Heating Oils, Inc. (In Re Putnam)

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• observing that granting lavish fees for routine stay violations “will only encourage a cottage industry of precipitous § 362[(k)] litigation”
• reducing attorneys’ fees by over 50% where, inter alia, the fees bore no relation to the amount of actual damages suffered and where Debtor failed to attempt to settle the matter before filing the motion
• reducing attorneys’ fees by over 50% where, inter alia, the fees bore no relation to the amount of actual damages suffered and where Debtor failed to attempt to settle the matter before filing the motion
• two day delay before returning a propane tank used by Debtor for heating, hot water, and cooking a violation of the stay

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