Case Name:
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Sanchez (In re Simon Transportation Services)
Judge:
Judge Clark
Date:
May-16-2005
Case Number(s):
04-2255
Status:
UNPUBLISHED
Body:
The Court dismissed defendant's third-party complaint based upon a lack of jurisdiction. Defendant to a preference action under § 547 and brought a third-party complaint against insurance company arguing that if defendant were required to return funds received from the debtor as a preference, then insurance company would be liable to defendant under the uninsured motorist clause of defendant's insurance policy. The court found that the dispute between defendant and insurance company to be outside the Court's "related to" jurisdiction and dismissed without prejudice to refile before a court of competent jurisdiction.
Internal Ref:
Opinion 475
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