In re Witt

DECISION ON MOTION TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT

ROBERT E. GRANT, Chief Judge.

When the debtor filed his petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code he was the owner of property that had previously been used as a gas station in Portland, Indiana. The underground tanks on the property had leaked and, as a consequence, the debtor was involved in litigation with a previous owner, Jay Petroleum, over the responsibility for cleaning up the property and remediating the environmental damage. Both the contaminated property and the claims against Jay Petroleum became property of the…