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IN RE CHRISTO

No. 99-9002.

192 F.3d 36 (1999)

In re Lee C. CHRISTO, Debtor. Lee C. Christo, Appellant, v. Jonathan D. Yellin, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. D'Angio, Jr. on brief for appellant.

Jonathan D. Yellin, Craig J. Ziady, and Riemer & Braunstein LLP on brief for appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether a debtor under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code may claim more than $15,000 in exemption for payment received on account of personal bodily injury under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(11)(D). We hold that a debtor may not.

Lee C. Christo filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on January 22, 1997. In her Schedule C, she claimed three exemptions for three personal injury...

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