A U.S. Bankruptcy Court, construing Wisconsin’s property exemptions law, Wisconsin Statute § 102.27, held that the sum of $400,000, which had been paid by the workers’ compensation carrier of the bankruptcy debtor’s employer into the trust account of the debtor...
Construing North Carolina exemptions law, a federal bankruptcy court held that a Chapter 13 debtor could not claim an exemption in land and a mobile home that he purchased with the proceeds of a workers' compensation settlement agreement. The court noted that...
Enactment by the Illinois Legislature of the 2005 amendments to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act, specifically 820 ILCS 305/8, and the enactment of a new section 8.2 did not alter the important underlying policy in Illinois — that workers’ compensation benefits...
Generally speaking, workers’ compensation benefits are beyond the reach of creditors. The rule is not so clear in Illinois, said the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a recent case. It certified to the Illinois Supreme Court a question asking if that exemption applies...
A Federal Bankruptcy Court in Pennsylvania has held in relevant part that a Medicare Set-Aside is not subject to administration by a bankruptcy trustee because it is not property of the bankruptcy estate in spite of the fact that it might be held in a personal...
Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for July 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. County...