What is sufficient to establish "willful and malicious injury" under section 5(a)(6) of the Criminal Code?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Cocoletzi v. Orly (In re Orly), Adv. P. No. 16-01020 (JLG), Case No. 15-11650 (JLG) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2016):

sufficient to establish willful and malicious injury under 523(a)(6). See Jendusa-Nicolai v. Larsen, 677 F.3d 320, 324 (7th Cir. 2012) (summarizing "willful and malicious injury" as "one that the injurer inflicted knowing he had no legal justification and either desiring to inflict the injury or knowing it was highly likely to result from his act.").

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