{"id":6867,"date":"2022-08-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:07:12","slug":"claim-survived-bankruptcy-no-final-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6867","title":{"rendered":"Claim Survived Bankruptcy, No Final Judgment\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With exceptions inapplicable to the action, appeal is possible only upon final judgment, which is the judgment that resolves all issues as to all parties. That question is for an appellate court to determine without regard to the parties\u2019 or circuit court\u2019s perceptions. Plaintiff filed an action in circuit court, including a claim for breach of fiduciary duty, and then filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In bankruptcy, the claim for breach of fiduciary duty was not scheduled, not administered, and not abandoned. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bankruptcy-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bankruptcy-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3931\" width=\"251\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bankruptcy-5.jpg 702w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bankruptcy-5-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The claim, therefore, remained the bankruptcy estate\u2019s property even after the bankruptcy case closed, and nothing showed that the bankruptcy trustee had resolved that claim, so the claim was still pending when the circuit court issued the ruling appealed. That ruling had \u201cno language&#8230;that resolved any pending claim against any party [,]\u201d even by implication, including the claim for breach of fiduciary duty. Because the claim remained unresolved, no final judgment was before the Court of Appeals, so the Court of Appeals dismisses the appeal.\u00a0<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=188174\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Luke Reynolds, Plaintiff, vs. Samuel Berger, and TMF Holdings, LLC, Defendants, Left Hand Productions, Inc., Appellant, 816 Geyer, LLC, Intervenor, and Dresden Capital Management, LLC, Respondent.<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=188178\" target=\"_blank\">(Overview Summary)<\/a>\u00a0<br>Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District &#8211; ED109902<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Struggling with debt? 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