Wagner v. Groshans (In re Groshans)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, Senior District Judge.

The debtor, Larry Bryon Groshans, appeals a bankruptcy court decision denying the discharge of his debt to Harvey H. Wagner and the estate of Marvin A. Wagner under § 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.1 Mr. Groshans makes two arguments in this appeal. First, he argues that the bankruptcy court erred in determining that Colorado’s dead man’s statute applied in the proceedings below to determine dis-chargeability of his debt to the Wagners. Had the bankruptcy court not applied the statute, Mr. and Mrs. Groshans would have *259testified that…