COMPTON v. CHATANIKA GOLD CAMP PROPERTIES

No. S-7792.

988 P.2d 598 (1999)

Larry COMPTON, Trustee, Appellant, v. CHATANIKA GOLD CAMP PROPERTIES, an Alaska Partnership, Arthur Lyle Robson, and Kenneth Ringstad, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabot Christianson and Michelle Boutin, Bundy & Christianson, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Kenneth P. Ringstad, Law Office of Kenneth P. Ringstad, Fairbanks, for Appellee Chatanika Gold Camp Properties.

John Foster Wallace, Call, Barrett & Burbank, Fairbanks, for Appellee Arthur Lyle Robson.

Edward R. Niewohner, Niewohner & Wright, PC, Fairbanks, for Appellee Kenneth Ringstad.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A creditor purchased litigation claims from the debtors' bankruptcy estate in 1993. The creditor then filed a superior court malpractice suit against the debtors' attorney. In 1996 the bankruptcy court set aside the order approving the sale of the claims and declared that only the bankruptcy trustee was the real party in interest on those claims. The existing superior court parties then filed...

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