Branam v. Crowder (In Re Branam)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal addresses the preclusive effect of a state court civil jury verdict for assault and battery in a nondischargeability proceeding under § 523(a)(6). 1 Appellee Keith Crowder won a tort judgment against his co-employee, appellant Steven Scott Branam. In a subsequent bankruptcy case, the bankruptcy court concluded that the findings contained in the jury’s special verdict precluded Branam from relitigating the issue of whether the judgment arose from a willful and malicious injury. The court entered summary judgment in Crowder’s favor.
Branam filed a…
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