Legal Opinion
Zullo v. Lombardo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 2014No. 13-9004PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from the bankruptcy court’s dismissal on summary judgment of John Zullo’s adversary proceeding against debtor David Lombardo, after denying Zullo leave to amend his complaint. We affirm.
In September 2010, Lombardo filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In December, Zul-lo began an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court, alleging that Lombar-do’s debt to him was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).1 That provision excepts from bankruptcy discharge “any debt ... for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property…
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