Smith v. Meyers (In Re Schwartz & Meyers)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that negligence or poor judgment does not establish fraudulent intent, as the debtor’s explanations, though reflecting inadequate management, did not demonstrate knowledge of falsity or recklessness
• statement that investment was “as safe as in a bank” from plaintiff’s then boyfriend and agent of debtor was merely puffery or opinion
• “To be actionable [under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A)], the debtor’s conduct must involve moral turpitude or intentional wrong; mere negligence … is insufficient”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).