Legal Opinion
Iannacchino v. Rodolakis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 2001No. 00-1222PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
We decide here whether an award of fees in bankruptcy to a debtor’s attorney will act as a bar under claim preclusion principles to a later suit filed by the debtor alleging professional malpractice arising from the bankruptcy representation. Peter and Paula Iannochino, the debtors in this action, filed a malpractice suit in the Massachusetts courts two years after their former attorneys, defendants Carl Aframe and Stephen Rodolakis, had received a fee award from the bankruptcy court. After their complaint was removed to the bankruptcy court, the court granted the defen…
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