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171261P.pdf 08/03/2018 U.S. Department of Labor v. Michael Harris
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-1261
Appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Murphy and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Bankruptcy. This opinion is filed by Chief Judge and Judge
Colloton pursuant to 8th Cir. R. 47E. When debtor was CEO of a company he
breached his fiduciary duty when the company failed to remit funds
withheld from its employees' paychecks for their health insurance plan;
the Department of Labor obtained a judgment against Harris for the amount
of the unremitted funds, and Harris sought to discharge this judgment debt
in his Chapter 7 proceeding; held,the bankruptcy court did not err in
determining the judgment debt was not dischargeable because Harris
committed a defalcation when he chose to use the ERISA plan assets to pay
himself and other corporate expenses.