Legal Opinion

In Re Marcus

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut

Decided September 9, 1994No. 19-20354PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO DEBTOR’S CLAIM OF EXEMPTIONS

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.

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Issue

Code § 522(d)(ll)(D) permits a debtor to exempt “[t]he debtor’s right to receive ... a payment, not to exceed $7,500, on account of personal bodily injury, not including pain or suffering or compensation for actual pecuniary loss, of the debtor....” The question presented by this proceeding is whether § 522(d)(ll)(D) entitles a debtor, who has sustained personal bodily injuries in two separate prepetition accidents, to two exemptions of $7,500. The Chapter 7 trustee…

2Cases cited7 opinions

In the Matter of Richard E. BARKER, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
Warren v. Taff (In Re Taff)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1981
In Re TerritoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1984
In Re CorbiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1993
Matter of HowardUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994

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3Cited by19 opinions

Christo v. Yellin (In Re Christo)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 1999
Christo v. Yellin (In Re Christo)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
In Re BovaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
In Re AndersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
In Re CiottaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1998

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