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In re Joseph

In re Joseph

Ruling
Court granted trustee's motion to approve settlement since it did not fall below the lowest point in the range of reasonableness.
Procedural posture

The chapter 7 trustee filed a motion to approve a settlement between the debtor and his former law firm of which he was a partner. Taking into account all of the awards the law firm and the debtor owed each other, as of the petition date, the law firm owed the debtor a net amount of about $519,000. The debtor's former wife, who was also a creditor, objected to the settlement motion.

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opinion summary, case decided on March 20, 2006 , LexisNexis #0506-070