With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". procedural, then its requirements can be waived, either expressly or by conduct. Smith, 389 B.R. at 910. A majority of cases hold that Section 157(b)(5) is jurisdictional in nature. See, e.g., Patterson, 150 B.R. at 368 (withdrawing the reference to the bankruptcy court of a personal injury tort action based upon the specific exception to bankruptcy court jurisdiction mandated by Section 157(b)(5)); Nifong, 2008 WL 2203149, *2 (“[I]f there are claims in the Civil Action that are ‘personal injury torts,’ such claims must be tried in the district court and not in this court.”); Erickson, 330 B.R. at 349 (“It follows that this court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the discrimination claim, although it has exclusive jurisdiction to 8 B.R. 890, 895-96 (Bankr.N.D.Ill.1998) (<HOLDING>); Thomas v. Adams (In re Gary Brew Enterprises,

A: holding that intentional infliction of emotional distress is a personal injury tort
B: recognizing validity of cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress
C: recognizing torts of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress
D: holding that act did not bar intentional infliction of emotional distress claim
A.