Mele v. First Colony Life Ins. Co.

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• concluding the plaintiff's action against the defendants was an unadministered asset of the plaintiff's bankruptcy estate, and therefore, the plaintiff was not a real party in interest and could not continue to prosecute the action
• after finding that the claim was not abandoned by the bankruptcy trustee to the plaintiff-debtor, the court allowed a reasonable time for substitution of the trustee
• “[Tyhe trustee’s position is like that of a fiduciary to both the debtor and creditors.”
• “[A]bandonment provisions are designed to allow the trustee to relinquish assets that would be a financial drain on the estate, or relieve the trustee of the financial burden of administering inconsequential assets that would cost more than they are worth to the estate.”

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