- 11 U.S.C.
Hughes v. Sanders
Nov
13
2006
Ruling
Legal malpractice judgement properly held dischargeable as it was not criminal restitution payable to a governmental unit.
Procedural posture
Defendant attorney filed for bankruptcy under chapter 7. Plaintiff client, who was a judgment creditor who had won a legal malpractice judgment against the attorney, sought a declaration that his judgment was a nondischargeable debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7). The District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Columbus granted the attorney's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. The client appealed.
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