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• finding that \earnings obtained solely by virtue of the inability to perform services cannot be considered the legal equivalent of 'earnings from services performed' \
• “As a general matter, insurance contracts in which the debtor has an interest at the time the petition is filed constitute property of the estate for purposes of § 541(a).”
• “[C]ase law provides that the [earnings exception] should be interpreted ‘extremely narrowly’ and ‘excepts only earnings from services actually performed by an individual debtor.’” (quoting In re Prince, 85 F.3d 314, 323 (7th Cir. 1996))
• determining whether disability insurance payments are property of the estate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).