Legal Opinion
Matter of Faita
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 15, 1994No. 19-20204PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON TRUSTEE’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.
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ISSUES
The present motion raises two issues — the first is whether a debtor’s no-fault automo bile insurer who, prepetition, pays basic reparations benefits to the debtor is entitled to assert a statutory lien on the settlement proceeds received by the trustee, postpetition, in compromise of the debtor’s personal injury claim. The second issue is the extent to which the settlement proceeds are subject to claims of unpaid medical-care providers to whom the debtor’s attorney had,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In Re Howard's Appliance Corp., Debtor. Sanyo Electric, Inc. v. Howard's Appliance Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- QUALITY HOLSTEIN LEASING v. McKENZIECourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Lincoln Savings Bank, FSB v. Suffolk County Treasurer (In re Parr Meadows Racing Ass'n)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 72,501 in Re Rare Coin Galleries of America, Inc., Debtor. John J. Regan, Etc. v. Vinick & Young, Etc., International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, in Re Rare Coin Galleries of America, Inc., Debtor. John J. Regan, Etc. v. Vinick & Young, Etc., International Surplus Lines Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Shelby Mutual Insurance v. Della GhelfaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Nazar v. Allstate Insurance (In Re Veazey)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 2002
- In Re WhiteUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 2003
- Crocker v. Calderon (In Re Calderon)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2003
- 229 Main Street Ltd. Partnership v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Environmental ProtectionDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- Global Injury Funding, LLC v. Knight (In re Knight)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 2015
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