Wentworth v. Jones

OPINION

COMBS, Judge:

J.G. Wentworth (a limited partnership) appeals an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court invalidating orders of garnishment that had been challenged by Integrity Life Insurance Company and National Integrity Life Insurance Company. The appel-lees were tort victims who had entered into structured settlement agreements with their respective tortfeasors; the ap-pellee insurance companies issued annuities to fund those structured settlements. Appellant is in the business of purchasing from the tort victims their alleged right to receive monthly payments in exchange for a…