Hit with a big fine for violating a judge’s order, Michigan lawyer David W. Charron filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid paying it.
But a bankruptcy judge derailed that plan on Wednesday, ruling that Mr. Charron’s civil contempt fine of $363,506.77—a penalty for orchestrating the sale of an insurance firm despite a court order not to do so—isn’t the type of debt that a person can get rid of using bankruptcy.
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