Rapid Settlements, Ltd. v. Dickerson

Rapid Settlements (“Rapid”) appeals a final order in which the trial court denied its petition to approve the proposed transfer of structured settlement payment rights from Kimberly Dickerson to Rapid Settlements in exchange for a lump sum payment. We affirm, as the structured settlement agreement contains an anti-assignment provision, which we find valid and enforceable.

The structured settlement payment rights at issue in this case arise out of a 1989 settlement agreement entered into by Kimberly Dickerson, which resolved a personal injury action filed by Ms. Dickerson and her husband. In…