· 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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