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· 12/20/2013

First Weber Group, Incorporate v. Jonathan Horsfall

Citations

  • 738 F.3d 767
  • 738 F. App'x 767
  • 2013 WL 6698511
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 25458
  • 58 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 242

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  • holding state court tortious interference with contract verdict under Wisconsin law collaterally estopped debtor from challenging some elements of nondischargeability under section 523(a)(6)
  • noting that the state court judgment at issue in that case “precluded relitigation of the issue of maliciousness” because the state court’s “inquiry substantially mirrored the federal test for maliciousness.”
  • explaining that a plaintiff can establish \willfulness\ by showing that the \debtor's motive was to inflict the injury[ ] or the debtor's act was substantially certain to result in injury\ (internal quotation omitted)
  • explaining that a plaintiff can establish “willfulness” by showing that the “debtor’s motive was to inflict the injury ... or the debtor’s act was substantially certain to result in injury” (internal quotation omitted)
  • explaining that a plaintiff can establish “willfulness” by showing that the “debtor’s motive was to inflict the injury ... or the debtor’s act was substantially certain to result in injury” (internal quotation omitted)
  • finding injury to mean “a violation of another’s legal right, for which the law provides a remedy.”

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Judges: Manion, Tinder, Wood

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