Legal Opinion
Ditto v. McCurdy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2007No. 02-16252PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Janie Ditto appeals the decision of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court’s grant of Defen dant-Appellee John McCurdy’s motion for summary judgment and denying Ditto’s motion for leave to amend the pleadings.
Ditto seeks a judgment of non-dis-chargeability of McCurdy’s debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6), which grants an exception to discharge for any debt “for willful and malicious injury by the debtor.” She argues that the malpractice judgment she previously secured against McCurdy, based in part on a theory of informed consent,…
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