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Brenda Papillon v. Bryon Lee Jones (In re Jones), Ch. 13, BK19-81491, A19-8027 (Feb. 25, 2020)

The bankruptcy court granted summary judgment to a creditor in this Chapter 13 case, finding the debt non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a)(4). The creditor holds a judgment for actual and punitive damages and attorneys' fees for the debtor's willful, malicious, and reckless violation of the Iowa law against unauthorized interception and disclosure of oral communications. The court determined that the debt constitutes a debt "for . . . damages awarded in a civil action against the debtor as a result of willful or malicious injury by the debtor that caused personal injury to an individual" and is not dischargeable pursuant to § 1328(a)(4).

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Judge: 
Judge Thomas L. Saladino