Does a debtor have to prove that he or she intended to injure the debtor by causing the debtor's injury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Barnes v. Roberts (In re Roberts), 538 B.R. 1 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2015):
actually believed that injury was substantially certain to occur. Carrillo v. Su (In re Su), 290 F.3d 1140, 114445 (9th Cir.2002). Proving a malicious injury requires a showing that the debtor (1) committed a wrongful act, (2) done intentionally, (3) which necessarily causes injury, and (4) was done without just cause or excuse. Id. at 114647.
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