Legal Opinion
Estate of Cora v. Jahrling (In Re Jahrling)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 2016No. 15-2252PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
A bankruptcy court held that a legal malpractice judgment against debtor-appellant John Jahrling was not dischargea-ble because the judgment was for a “defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity.” See 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4). The district court affirmed, and so do we.
Appellant Jahrling acted as an attorney for a client who was selling his home. Because of language barriers, Jahrling could not communicate with his cliént except through the attorney for the buyers, the adverse parties in the sale. The result was that Jahrling’s client, an elderly man who could not…
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