Compton v. Chatanika Gold Camp Properties

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A creditor purchased litigation claims from the debtors’ bankruptcy estate in 1993. The creditor then filed a superior court malpractice suit against the debtors’ attorney. In 1996 the bankruptcy court set aside the order approving the sale of the claims and declared that only the bankruptcy trustee was the real party in interest on those claims. The existing superior court parties then filed a stipulation dismissing the malpractice lawsuit with prejudice, and the superior court ordered dismissal with prejudice. The bankruptcy trustee unsuccessfully…