In Re Hernandez

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

PAUL MANNES, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case comes before court on the Trustee’s Objection to the Debtor’s Exemption of Personal Injury Recovery. The funds in question are being held by debtor’s personal injury attorney pending this court’s decision. The matter came before the court for hearing on November 1, 2001, at which time the court received a stipulation of fact from the parties and heard the testimony of Erin Patricia Band, Esquire, debtor’s personal injury attorney.

The debtor claims as exempt all settlement proceeds of his claim pursuant to Md.Code Ann.Cts. &…