Whitehead v. Strauss

583 F.2d 1104 In the Matter of Malissa Alberta Meeks WHITEHEAD, in Bankruptcy. Malissa Alberta Meeks WHITEHEAD, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Rosalyn STRAUSS and Pacific Insurance Company, Respondents and Appellees. No. CA 76-2793. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 12, 1978. 1 Gerald S. Hirsch, of Sims & Solomon, Bakersfield, Cal., for petitioner and appellant. 2 Peter C. Morris, of Zins & Morris, Fresno, Cal., for respondents and appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 4 Before KILKENNY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge. * NIELSEN, District Judge: 5 This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court affirming the order and judgment of the Bankruptcy Court in which it concluded that the claim of appellees had not been discharged in appellant's bankruptcy. For the reasons stated below, the Bankruptcy Court correctly construed the relevant statute, and there was no abuse of discretion. Therefore, we affirm. 6 On September 10, 1973, petitioner-appellant, Malissa Alberta Meeks Whitehead, was involved in an automobile accident with Rosalyn Strauss, respondent-appellee. At the…