Conopco, Inc. v. McCreadie

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• finding that professional malpractice claims are choses in action arising out of tort and are therefore not assignable prior to judgment under New Jersey law
• finding that professional malpractice claims are choses in action arising out of tort and are therefore not assignable prior to judgment under New Jersey law
• applying prohibition against assignment of tort claims to a professional malpractice claim
• applying prohibition against assignment of tort claims to a professional malpractice claim
• as a matter of New Jersey public policy, tort claims could not be assigned; parties, therefore, could not create rights of assignability of tort claims in New Jersey, the state where cause of action arose, by entering into contract for such assignment in another state

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