Judge:  Legal Malpractice Adversary Case Belongs In Bankruptcy Court

(July 31, 2019, 3:44 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal bankruptcy judge in New York on July 18 refused to remand a legal malpractice case and declined a motion seeking his abstention from the case, which is an adversary proceeding in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Tronox Inc., on grounds that the matter involves allegations that could have arisen only as a result of the bankruptcy proceeding (Stanley Waleski v. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads [In re: Tronox Inc.], No. 09-10156, Adv. No. 19-1087, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy., 2019 Bankr. LEXIS 2217)....