Erie Insurance Group v. Chaires (In Re Chaires)

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• determining on summary judgment that state court award of costs and fees against the debtor – an attorney – was non- dischargeable as a debt incurred for willful and malicious injury under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6)
• monetary sanction entered against attorney for pursuing meritless litigation in bad faith and without justification based on pleadings containing false and fraudulent allegations was nondischargeable
• summary judgment granted against attorney because intent to harm was inherent in pursuing state court lawsuit in bad faith and without justification

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