In Re LaBelle

MEMORANDUM DECISION

FREDERICK A. JOHNSON, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this proceeding the Trustee objects to the Debtor’s claimed exemption of his workers’ compensation benefits and, in particular, a lump sum benefit expected by the Debtor under the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 39 § 71.

At the time of the filing of his voluntary petition, the Debtor was disabled and receiving weekly disability payments for total disability. The Debtor failed to claim the disability payments as exempt. He later filed an amended Schedule B — 4, claiming as exempt his right to receive past and…