Legal Opinion
King v. Webb
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 6, 1997No. Bankruptcy No. 96-10822-SSM, C.A. No. 97-0641-APublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
At issue in this bankruptcy appeal is whether the proceeds of a Title VII settlement are exempt from federal creditor process pursuant to Virginia Code § 34-28.1., which allows exemptions for the proceeds of “personal injury” actions.
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The dispositive facts are undisputed. They begin in December 1993, more than two years before the bankruptcy filing, when the debtor sued her former employer Baxter Healthcare Corporation (“Baxter”) for employment discrimination based on gender, re ligion, and disability, 1 as well as state law claims of wrongful discharge…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Russo v. WhiteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
- Henry Clay Tignor v. William C. Parkinson, Jr., in Re Henry Clay Tignor, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Bulala v. BoydSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Board of Supervisors v. King Land Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Leathem v. Von Volkmar (In Re Von Volkmar)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1998
- In Re HasseUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2000
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Carpenter (In Re Carpenter)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2000
- In Re WaltersUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 2006
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