Old Republic National Title v. Levasseur

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• finding that the debtor's actions prohibited discharge under both 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and § 523(a)(6)
• stating that an injury is malicious “if it was wrongful and without just cause or excuse, even in the absence of personal hatred, spite or ill-will”
• “Willfulness requires a showing of intent to injure or at least of intent to do an act which the debtor is substantially certain will lead to the injury in question.”
• “An injury is malicious if it was wrongful and without just cause or excuse, even in the absence of personal hatred, spite or ill-will.” (internal quotation omitted)
• “A false pretense or misrepresentation can be created ‘when the circumstances imply a particular set of facts, and one party knows the facts to be otherwise,’ and where the silent party ‘may have a duty to correct what would otherwise be a false impression.’”
• applying willful and malicious as separate requirements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).