Legal Opinion
Allstate Settlement Corp. v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 3, 2009No. 07-3224PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
State legislation requires court approval of the transfer of future periodic payments provided by a structured settlement of a personal injury claim. In this case, a factoring company sought to evade that requirement by the use of arbitration after a state court refused to approve a lump sum payment in exchange for the rights to future installments. The District Court criticized the factoring company’s practices and entered declaratory as well as injunc-tive relief against it. We will affirm.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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