Legal Opinion
in Re J. Rains, Annuitant
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided August 5, 2015No. 07-14-00132-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Brian Quinn, Chief Justice
Esau sold his inheritance to Jacob for a bowl of lentil soup. Apparently, no statute existed at the time requiring a court to decide whether that transaction was in Esau’s best interests. Such a statute exists today and regulates the sale of interests in structured settlements to factors. The factor at bar is J.G. Wentworth Origi-nations, LLC (Wentworth). The beneficiary of the structured settlement is Jaime Rains. And though an inheritance is not in question, the property interest at issue arose from the untimely death of Rains’ mother purportedly due to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Royal Indemnity Company v. MarshallTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Johnson v. Structured Asset Services, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Marketing on Hold Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2010
- LAS PALMAS MEDICAL CENTER v. Moore, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2010
- Rapid Settlements, Ltd. v. Green, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In re HughesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company v. Structured Asset Funding, LLC D/B/A 123 LumpSum, Andrew Jonathan Settlement Fund, LLC, and Bradley Turpin.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- In Re Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2026
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