A judgment entered by a Utah state court as a sanction for producing fraudulent documents in discovery may have preclusive effect on the issue of fraud in subsequent 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and...
Judge(s):
CROOM, GUSTAFSON, and PRICE SMITH, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
The facts were sufficient to show that the debtor willfully and maliciously harmed his former employer, supporting the bankruptcy court's determination that a judgment debt was nondischargeable...
A willful and malicious injury, for purposes of § 523(a)(6), requires proof that the injury was both willful and malicious. To be willful, the injury must result from a deliberate or intentional...
A state court judgment for malicious prosecution was entitled to preclusive effect so that the debtor's state court malicious prosecution judgment was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6)....
Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court denying claims for nondischargeability of debt under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), which excepts from discharge any debt obtained “for...
Federal court conversion judgment was entitled to collateral estoppel effect and was excepted from discharge as arising from a "willful and malicious injury" as defined by 11 USC 523(a)(6).
A judgment entered agains the debtor for intentional misrepresentation before the commencement of her Chapter 7 bankruptcy case was sufficient to render the judgment debt nondischargeable under...
Affirming the bankruptcy court's decision that plaintiff had failed to carry her burden of proving that a judgment debt, awarded as damages for an accident that occurred while the debtor allegedly...
Bankruptcy court did not err in applying issue preclusion to Labor Commissioner's findings or in finding that debt owed to debtor's former employee pursuant to resulting judgment was...
District Court’s order affirming the Bankruptcy Court’s decision holding that a $217,100 debt owed to the Appellees was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) was affirmed.
