It's All An Unsecured Claim To Me: The Tortious Interference Of Bankruptcy Law With Liability Insurance Proceeds

Date

1991

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Examines the possibility of tortfeasors inducing settlement and protecting assets from tort claimants through the threat of bankruptcy and the possible distribution of insurance proceeds to trade creditors. The author proposes that the bankruptcy code needs to be reformed to protect claimants.

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Keywords

Insurance law, Tort law, Bankruptcy law, Creditors, Insurance contracts, Property of the estate, Distribution of insurance proceeds, Chapter 11, Bankruptcy Code

Citation

22 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 779