In Re Nielsen
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
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’…
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