Bankrupt Anesthesia Practice Can Be Blocked From Virus Aid

A bankrupt Atlanta-area anesthesiology services practice has lost its initial bid to require the Small Business Administration to consider its Paycheck Protection Program loan application.

Judge Lisa Ritchey Craig of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia said Thursday she couldn’t substitute her own judgment for that of the federal agency, even though she said she “disagrees with the SBA in excluding debtors from the PPP—particularly one such as Plaintiff who is providing vital health care services during the current public health crisis.”

Craig’s decision came a day after a Maine bankruptcy judge also declined to compel ...