Watson v. Parker (In Re Parker)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that more than a general attorney-client relationship is required to establish a fiduciary relationship under discharge exception for fraud or defalcation while acting in fiduciary capacity
• holding that more than a general attorney-client relationship is required to establish a fiduciary relationship under discharge exception for fraud or defalcation while acting in fiduciary capacity
• holding legal malpractice claim against debtor attorney arising from pre-petition legal representation was pre-petition “claim” under section 101(5
• finding that a creditor’s claim against a debtor arises at the time the debtor committed the conduct on which the claim is based rather than at the time the creditor’s right to payment arises.
• explaining the doctrine of laches may apply to an unreasonable delay in reopening where prejudice to creditor exists
• “[PJursuant to the plain language of the statute, a claim will exist if some pre-petition conduct has occurred that will give rise to liability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).