IN RE ESTATE OF POWLESS

No. 5-99-0477.

734 N.E.2d 111 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 859

248 Ill.Dec. 403

In re ESTATE OF William Shanan POWLESS, a Minor (William Powless, Petitioner; Safeco Life Insurance Company, Respondent-Appellee; and J.G. Wentworth, Intervening Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 21, 2000.


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case where the circuit court rejected a request to assign a future structured-settlement payment in exchange for a lump-sum payment. We are asked to decide whether the trial judge erred in doing so.

In early 1988, William Powless (Powless) sustained injuries when he was accidently struck in the eye with a chain by a childhood friend. Powless was nine years...

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