Legal Opinion
Prairie Eye Center v. Butler (In Re Butler)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided September 3, 2003No. 19-90110PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARRY L. LESSEN, Bankruptcy Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The issue is whether a debt — a civil judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against the Debtor in the amount of $1,819,-132.34 — arose as a result of a willful and malicious injury, thereby rendering the debt nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).
Patrick J. Butler (“Debtor”) is an ophthalmologist with a specialty in the treatment of glaucoma. In 1994, Debtor came to Springfield, Illinois and started a clinical practice at the Southern Illinois University School of…
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