Legal Opinion
Braud v. Stokes (In Re Stokes)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
Decided July 23, 1992No. 19-50196PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RANDALL J. NEWSOME, Bankruptcy Judge.
These Chapter 7 adversary proceedings are before the Court upon the Court’s own motion to dismiss 1 pursuant to status conferences conducted on March 11, 1992. The simple issue presented by both proceedings is whether debt arising from an attorney’s professional negligence is non-dischargeable in the attorney’s bankruptcy as a defalcation by a fiduciary within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. Section 523(a)(4).
The complaints are grounded on the same set of facts. On August 2, 1985 plaintiff suffered injuries from a fall in a Woolworth’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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