Comments on: Car Accident http://www.bankruptcy-edmonton.com/bankruptcy/2009/12/car-accident.html Bankruptcy Edmonton Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bart Goth, Trustee in Bankruptcy http://www.bankruptcy-edmonton.com/bankruptcy/2009/12/car-accident.html/comment-page-1#comment-446 Bart Goth, Trustee in Bankruptcy Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.bankruptcy-edmonton.com/?p=463#comment-446 This is really going to depend on the exact nature of this law suit. The reason for this is the legislation clearly stipulates a list of <a HREF="http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/bankstatic/debts-that-stay.htm" rel="nofollow">debts that are not released by bankruptcy</A>. On this list you will see that criminal charges, court fines or penalties, and civil lawsuits for intentional bodily harm, wrongful death or sexual assualt are examples of the types of claims that would survive a <a HREF="http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/whatIsBankruptcy.htm" rel="nofollow">bankruptcy</A>. From the sounds of it the lawsuit you are facing doesn't fall into any of those categories, if it does not then the filing of a <a HREF="http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/whatIsBankruptcy.htm" rel="nofollow">bankruptcy</A> will clear you from this debt. This is really going to depend on the exact nature of this law suit. The reason for this is the legislation clearly stipulates a list of debts that are not released by bankruptcy.

On this list you will see that criminal charges, court fines or penalties, and civil lawsuits for intentional bodily harm, wrongful death or sexual assualt are examples of the types of claims that would survive a bankruptcy.

From the sounds of it the lawsuit you are facing doesn’t fall into any of those categories, if it does not then the filing of a bankruptcy will clear you from this debt.

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