Dewitt v. Jacob

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN In re: Jesse Jacob and Kelly Jacob, Case No. 18-26186-beh Debtors. Chapter 7 Corey DeWitt, Plaintiff, v. Adversary No. 18-02217-beh Jesse Jacob and Kelly Jacob, Defendants. DECISION Landlords occasionally incur great expense cleaning up severe refuse and property damage left by tenants. Many landlords have sought reimbursement for such restoration expense from former tenants, asking that those debts be deemed non-dischargeable. In their view, gross uncleanliness and property damage equals willful and malicious injury under…