IN RE MUHLIG

Case No. 11-14639-BKC-RAM.

494 B.R. 755 (2013)

IN RE: Rolando Jorge MUHLIG and Luz Stella Muhlig, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida.

Filed June 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Reid, Esq., Carlton Fields, P.A., 100 S.E. 2nd Street, Suite 4200, Miami, FL 33131 (Attorney for Defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.)

Stephanie E. Parker, Esq., Jones Day, 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30309 (Attorney for Defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.)

Stephen N. Zack, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 2800, Miami, FL 33131 (Attorney for Defendant, Phillip Morris USA)

Joel L. Tabas, Esq., Tabas, Freedman, Soloff, Brown & Rigali, P.A., 14 N.E. First Avenue, Penthouse, Miami, FL 33132 (Attorney for Joel L. Tabas, Trustee)

Kelley Anne Luther, Esq., Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, 1441 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1420, Miami, FL 33131 (Attorney for Defendants, Liggett Group, LLC and Vector Group, Ltd.)

Austin Carr, Esq., Austin Carr Law Office, 371 North Royal Poinciana Blvd., Miami Springs, FL 33166 (Attorney for Rolando Muhlig)

Dorothy F. Easley, Esq., Easley Appellate Practice, P.L.L.C., 1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1950, Miami, FL 33131 (Appellate counsel for Trustee and Rolando Muhlig)

John B. Hutton, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, P.A., 333 Avenue of the Americas, Miami, FL 33131 (Attorney for Lorillard Tobacco Company)


Chapter 7

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (1) DEEMING STATE COURT JUDGMENT VOID AND (2) GRANTING FURTHER RELIEF

Robert A. Mark, Judge United States Bankruptcy Court

The debtor in this Chapter 7 case failed to schedule a potentially valuable prepetition wrongful death lawsuit against several major tobacco companies. The defendants obtained a final summary judgment dismissing the complaint for lack of standing...

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