Legal Opinion
In the Matter Of: Donald Weinhoeft and Anita L. Weinhoeft, Debtors-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2001No. 01-2412PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
When Donald Weinhoeft entered bankruptcy proceedings, one asset of his estate was a wrongful-discharge suit against Union Planters Bank, his former employer. That suit eventually settled for $165,000 in cash, plus the Bank’s release of any claims against Donald and his wife Anita as a creditor in their bankruptcies. Donald contends that $40,000 of the settlement proceeds is exempt from creditors’ claims and should be turned over to him, because it represents the value of pension contributions that the Bank would have made, had his employment continued. The…
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