Swift v. Seidler (In Re Swift)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that attorney malpractice claim accrued based on filing of objection in subsequent bankruptcy case
• malpractice cause of action “did not accrue until a legal injury occurred — when the debtor’s claimed exemptions drew an objection. That was ... post-petition.”
• “a cause of action belonging to a debtor as of the bankruptcy petition’s filing becomes property of the estate”
• “It is settled law that an agreement to release a claim held in good faith, even if the claim in fact turns out to be without merit, is sufficient consideration to support a compromise and settlement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).