Davenport v. Schulcz (In Re Schulcz)

DECISION

BURTON PERLMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this adversary proceeding, plaintiff, a former employee of defendant/debtor, seeks dischargeability relief pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6), willful and malicious injury to the person or property of another. This is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2). A bench trial was held.

The facts we find are as follows. Plaintiff and defendant had had a long relationship, working together as co-employees for an enterprise whose employees sold meat and seafood products door-to-door. Plaintiff was an outstanding and successful salesman for this…