David R. Green and Carolyn B. Green - Page 15

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          Judgment based on breach of contract claims was substantially               
          reduced by the Settlement Agreement.                                        
               Petitioner personally was to receive $3,000 a month for 20             
          years under the Settlement Agreement.  This amount had a present            
          value of $313,000.  Mr. Stephen R. Randle (Mr. Stephen Randle),             
          attorney for petitioner in the District Court action (and brother           
          of Mr. Paul Randle), claimed he made representations about tort             
          claims during the settlement negotiations.  Because WNIC had                
          opposed such contentions and the District Court had rejected such           
          contentions, we do not see how such contentions at the settlement           
          negotiations could change the nature of the underlying claims               
          which were based on contract.  Moreover, Mr. Stephen Randle                 
          testified that in the Settlement Agreement he designated $1,510             
          out of the $3,000 monthly annuity as representing personal injury           
          to petitioner under paragraph 5 of the Judgment.  Yet the                   
          Settlement Agreement contains no such designation, and that                 
          $1,510 is the amount we have found above is due to legal injuries           
          of an economic character arising out of a contract claim.  The              
          only conclusion we can draw is that the remaining $1,490 monthly            
          payment flows from the commissions plus interest awards and thus            
          is clearly economic in nature.                                              
               As we stated above, petitioner's settlement proceeds may be            
          excluded from gross income if petitioners show that not only was            
          the underlying cause of action giving rise to the recovery based            





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