Here is some information that may be helpful when considering selling your payment rights to your Structured Settlement per the Consumer Finance Protection Board. What you should know before giving up your Structured Settlement payments.
This is a good article about Structured Settlements. The quote by Professor Christopher Coyne, a St. Joseph’s University finance professor is very insightful. He said, “Conventional investing logic doesn’t apply for plaintiffs in injury or wrongful death accidents. Guaranteed income is vital and few have experience creating plans to meet…
Here is a pdf of the Murphy v. IRS case Murphy v. IRS — F.3d — 2006 WL 24113372, D.C. Cir., Aug. 22, 2006 (Slip opinion No. 05-5139). There has been an AP wire article on this that was carried in the New York TImes see New York Times .…
Murphy v. I.R.S. — F.3d — 2006 WL 24113372, D.C.Cir., Aug 22, 2006 (Slip Opinion No. 05-5139). Quick summary What the Murphy court said is if you are emotionally harmed or if your reputation is injured, you get to keep all of the damages and not pay any taxes. [Please…
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