Henderson v. Roadway Express

How courts have described this case

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• holding that anti-assignment provision in structured settlement agreement was valid and enforceable
• noting that courts should harmonize provisions of a contract to avoid conflict
• enforcing antiassignment clause that “specifically states [that the assignor] lacked the power to sell or anticipate his periodic payments, ‘by assignment or otherwise’ ” [emphasis added]
• explaining that an annuity is an insurance policy
• holding same under Illinois UCC
• structured settlements help guarantee predictability for insurers, which is important for transactions involving long-term liabilities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).