Legal Opinion
In Re Williams
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided July 27, 1994No. Civ. 93-543-MPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McAULIFFE, District Judge.
If certain debtor-owned property is exempt from the reach of creditors under applicable state law, it is also exempt from the reach of creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding. 11 U.S.C. § 522 (1993). New Hampshire’s Workers’ Compensation Law 1 provides such an exemption for benefits paid to injured workers. The issue of law raised in this bankruptcy proceeding is whether that exemption extends to items purchased with workers’ compensation benefits, or is limited to the benefit payments themselves. As explained below, the exemption provided by N.H.Rev.StatAnn.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Schalebaum v. Town of Wolfeboro (In Re Schalebaum)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · 2001
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- Matter of BurchardUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska · 1997
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