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D. Connecticut· 7/6/2011

Orr v. Marcella (In re Marcella)

Citations

  • 463 B.R. 212
  • 2011 Bankr. LEXIS 2622

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  • finding no willful injury by examining factors such as a decline in business, checks returned for insufficient funds, the inability of the company to pay its creditors, and no diversion of company funds for personal expenditures
  • “mere failure to pay an obligation cannot be a willful and malicious injury in and of itself”
  • mere failure to pay an obligation cannot be a willful and malicious injury in and of itself
  • “mere failure to pay an obligation cannot be a willful and malicious injury in and of itself”
  • \Implied malice may be demonstrated by the acts and conduct of the debtor in the context of the surrounding circumstances.\
  • \Debtor acts with malice ... by intending or fully expecting to harm the economic interests of creditor.\

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Judges: Dabrowski

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