Scarlett v. Barnes

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, under Missouri law, whether a cause of action is exempt from attachment and execution depends on whether it is assignable
• “[A] cause of action for legal malpractice is a personal, unassignable claim, [and therefore] it is not subject to attachment and execution and may therefore be exempted from the bankruptcy estate.”

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