United States Fourth Circuit

A wrongful death claimant who had not yet filed suit, but whose identity and potential claim were either actually known or reasonably ascertainable to the debtor, was a "known creditor" of the debtor, and thus entitled to specific notice of the bankruptcy proceeding and applicable filing dates.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2007
• Published 06/26/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and T.S. ELLIS, III, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Albert G. Bixler, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.  J. Dennis Bailey, Carruthers & Bailey, P.A., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Karen Lee Turner, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;  A. Cotten Wright, Grier, Furr & Crisp, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Joseph T. Carruthers, Carruthers & Bailey, P.A., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee.