In re: Liza Hazan a/k/a Elizabeth Hazan v. JMB/Urban 900 Development Partners, LTD

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida.·Decided July 28, 2026·No. 16-01188·Unknown

Opinion

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Robert A. Mark, Judge United States Bankruptcy Court

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION In re: Case No. 16-10389-RAM LIZA HAZAN a/k/a Chapter 11 ELIZABETH HAZAN, Debtor. / JMB/URBAN 900 DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LTD, Plaintiff, V. Adv. Proc. No. 16-01188-RAM LIZA HAZAN, Defendant. / ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR WRIT OF EXECUTION AND OTHER PENDING MATTERS The pending matters in this adversary proceeding are the latest chapter in a long- running battle between Christopher Kosachuk and Liza Hazan, the defendant here and {

debtor in the above-captioned, closed chapter 11 case. The Court has previously denied Mr. Kosachuk’s motions to reopen the chapter 11 case, both a motion filed by him individually and a motion filed by Mr. Kosachuk on behalf of the plaintiff in this adversary

and creditor in the chapter 11 case, JMB/Urban Partners 900 Ltd. (“JMB”). Following confirmation of the Debtor’s plan of reorganization and closure of the chapter 11 case, JMB assigned its claim in the chapter 11 case and the non-dischargeable judgment entered in this adversary to Mr. Kosachuk. The pending matters all turn on the answer to the following question: Is the JMB judgment enforceable? The Court is familiar with the “lengthy and tortuous history” of litigation between Mr. Kosachuk and the Debtor that has spread across multiple cases in multiple forums. See Order Dismissing Appeal [DE# 1407 in the Main Case]. This is yet another attack by Mr. Kosachuk against the Debtor in this drawn-out, never-ending saga. In this instance, Mr. Kosachuk prevails and, for the reasons that follow, the subject judgment remains

enforceable. Background Facts and Procedural History On July 20, 2016, the Court entered the Agreed Final Judgment [DE# 21] in favor of the Plaintiff, JMB and against the Debtor-Defendant, Liza Hazan (the “Debtor”) in the amount of $275,000. In the Agreed Final Judgment, the Debtor agreed, among other things, that the Agreed Final Judgment was non-dischargeable in the above-captioned chapter 11 case no. 16-10389-RAM (the “Main Case”) pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2). The Court will discuss the Agreed Final Judgment in further detail, below. On June 25, 2025, in the Main Case, Christopher Kosachuk filed the Transfer of Claim Other than for Security [DE# 1480 in the Main Case] wherein Mr. Kosachuk disclosed

that he acquired Proof of Claim No. 4-2 filed by JMB against the Debtor. That claim served as the basis of this adversary proceeding and was reduced to the Agreed Final Judgment. As such, Mr. Kosachuk is now the owner of the Agreed Final Judgment. This adversary proceeding was assigned to me on December 8, 2025. At that time,

the following matters were pending before the Court: A. JMB Urban Development [Partners,] LTD’s Motion to Reinstate Illinois State Court Judgment Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 349(b) [DE# 28] (the “Motion to Reinstate”) filed by JMB; B. The Motion for Writ of Execution [DE# 31] filed by JMB; C. The Motion for Postjudgment (sic) Writ of Garnishment [DE# 32] (the “Truist Bank Motion”) filed by JMB; D. The Motion for Postjudgment (sic) Writ of Garnishment [DE# 33] (the “Regions Bank Motion”) filed by JMB; E. The Motion for Postjudgment (sic) Writ of Garnishment [DE# 34] (the “TD Bank Motion”) filed by JMB; F. Hazan’s Motion to Strike ECF 30, ECF 31, ECF 32, ECF 33, and ECF 34 [DE# 35] (the “Motion to Strike”) filed by the Debtor; and G. The Request for Judicial Notice Pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence 201 [DE# 36] filed by the Debtor.

Thereafter, the parties filed the following documents:

H. Hazan’s Request for Judicial Notice Pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 201 [DE# 45] (together with DE# 36, the “Debtor’s Requests for Judicial Notice”) filed by the Debtor;

I. Notice of Filing and Request for Judicial Notice [DE# 44] (“JMB’s Request for Judicial Notice”) filed by JMB;

J. Motion to Compel [DE# 52] filed by JMB;

K. Motion to Strike Motion to Compel Doc 52 and Notice of Filing Doc 53 Hazan’s Reply ECF50-51 and Motion for Sanctions [DE# 56] (the “Motion to Strike JMB’s Motion to Compel”) filed by the Debtor; and

L. Motion to Set Status Conference [DE# 60] filed by JMB. By separate Order, the Court denied JMB’s Motion to Reinstate. See DE# 38. Later, JMB withdrew the Truist Bank Motion, the Regions Bank Motion, and the TD Bank Motion. See DE#’s 47, 48, and 49. And in its Response in Opposition to the Motion to Strike [DE#

50], JMB states that “Mr. Kosachuk has recorded the certification [of the Agreed Final Judgment] in the District Court [for the Southern District of Florida] under case number 26- [cv]-20112-JAL (the “District Court Case”) and the District Court has already and correctly issued the writs of garnishments to various bank which is why Mr. Kosachuk withdrew the pending writs of garnishment with this Court.” DE# 50 at pg. 2. Therefore, the Debtor’s Motion to Strike is moot to the extent that it requests the Court to strike the Certification of Judgment for Registration in Another District [DE# 30] (the “Bankruptcy Clerk’s Certification”) and the now-withdrawn Truist Bank Motion, the Regions Bank Motion, and the TD Bank Motion. Accordingly, the only matters that remain pending are JMB’s Motion for Writ of

Execution [DE# 31], the Debtor’s request in the Motion to Strike [DE# 35] to strike the Motion for Writ of Execution, the Debtor’s Requests for Judicial Notice [DE#’s 36 and 45], JMB’s Request for Judicial Notice [DE# 44], JMB’s Motion to Compel [DE# 52], the Debtor’s Motion to Strike JMB’s Motion to Compel [DE# 56], and JMB’s Motion to Set Status Conference [DE# 60].1 As stated in the introduction to this Order, the overarching issue is the enforceability of the Agreed Final Judgment. The Agreed Final Judgment provides, in relevant part, as follows: “This Non Dischargeability Judgment shall be the surviving judgment against [the

1 In addition to the papers previously listed in this Order, the Court has also reviewed: (i) JMB Urban 900 Development Ltd’s Response in Opposition to the Motion to Strike [DE# 42]; (ii) JMB Urban 900 Development Ltd’s Objections to Hazan Request for Judicial Notice [DE# 43]; (iii) JMB’s Response in Opposition to Motion Debtor] and shall be deemed to replace the Pre-petition Judgment, which shall no longer be valid or enforceable.” DE# 21 at ¶ 2. The “Pre-petition Judgment” referred to in the Agreed Final Judgment is a state court judgment, dated October 14, 2011 and modified on

October 23, 2013, in favor of JMB and against the Debtor in the amount of $300,000 plus attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest, entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois in Case No. 2005-L-13785 (the “Illinois Judgment”). In the Main Case, JMB filed proof of claim no. 4-2 in the amount of $664,380.47, representing the amount of the Illinois Judgment plus awarded attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest. Copies of JMB’s proof of claim and the Illinois Judgment are attached as Exhibits A and B, respectively, to the Complaint of JMB/Urban 900 Development Partners, Ltd. Objecting to Dischargeability of Certain Debts of the Debtor Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(2) and (6) [DE# 1] (the “Complaint”).

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