Legal Opinion

In Re Nielsen

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 9, 2009No. 1-07-bk-02546PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JOHN J. THOMAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

There appears to be no factual dispute. Laura Lee Nielsen filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy on August 16, 2007. At the time of filing, Ms. Nielsen possessed an unliquidat-ed workers’ compensation claim that she has attempted to exempt under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(5) and (d)(10)(C).

On December 21, 2007, the Debtor reached a settlement of the workers’ com pensation claim for the sum of $52,000. It was agreed with the carrier that $10,000 of that sum was received in consideration of future medical claims and $42,000 represented all future wage claims for workers’…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. White v. StumpSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. The Matter Of: Michael Zibman Jamie Bailey Zibman, Debtors. Michael Zibman Jamie Bailey Zibman v. Rodney D. Tow, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  3. Ford v. KonnoffUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  4. Szybist v. Michael (In Re Michael)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. In Re SanchezUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lynn E. Feldman, Chapter 7 Trustee v. BuffenmeyerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2021
  2. Zachary Ober and Jennifer OberUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2020

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