I have a contact who knows quite a bit about bankruptcy and he has provided me with some information that I believe our members need to know.
After reading the 12 pages he sent to me I think that I can say that Mr. Larsen's post on June 14 contained a couple of true statements, some half truths and some false statements. The truths are that Mr. Larsen filed bankruptcy and that he has medical expenses. I will provide some facts now and you can determine what fits in the other categories.
On 05/17/2005 Eric Larsen dba H.B.E. Specialty Leatherworks filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Utah. The Bankruptcy Petition # is 05-27934. On 05/27/2005 a Statement of Financial Affairs and Schedules was filed. Schedule F (Creditors Holding Unsecured Nonpriority Claims) lists total medical expenses as $6,841. The total amount of Schedule F and Schedule D (Creditors Holding Secured Claims) is either $31,448 or $27,948 depending on whether you take the total on Schedule D or only the unsecured portion. In the two years since the initial filing the court appointed Trustee has three times filed a Motion to Dismiss - meaning remove the bankruptcy protection. Each time Mr. Larsen and his lawyer have been able to respond and get the motion either withdrawn or not accepted. The most recent action was on 05/07/2007 when Amended Schedules I and J were filed. This is a new payment plan based on Mr. Larsen's change of employment.
I may be wrong, but I think there is a big difference between $250,000 in medical expenses and $6,841 in medical expenses. I realize that there could have been medical expenses since the filling of the Schedule F, but it seems to me that additional medical expenses in an amount that big would somewhere be reflected on the docket text which lists every action taken by the parties in the case. It is not there.
Back when this thread was started I asked individuals who are still owed holsters send me information at hbeproblems at bellsouth.net. I again ask that anyone who wants to provide this time of info send it by email the the above address. There has been a change in what will be done with the information. Based on contact with some people more knowledgeable than me, I have determined that the proper venues for me to send the info to are: 1) Trustee appointed by the court for the bankruptcy and 2) the US Attorney for the state of Utah in Salt Lake City. It is my intention to provide the information to them before July 4, 2007 so send me your information as soon as possible.