Superior Metal Products v. Martin (In Re Martin)

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• noting that in the “great majority of cases, the same factual events that give rise to a finding of ‘willful’ conduct, will likewise be indicative as to whether the debtor acted with malice”
• A debtor’s conduct was “willful” where he secretly spent the funds from a check that he knew was not intended for him.
• “[A] debtor, in certain limited situations, may be found to have willfully converted a creditor’s property, but not to have acted in a malicious manner.”
• “[I]n a great majority of cases, the same factual events that give rise to a finding of ‘willful’ conduct, will likewise be indicative as to whether the debtor acted with malice.”

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