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IN RE COONEY

Bankruptcy No. 38000393, Adv. No. 3800124.

8 B.R. 96 (1980)

In re Joseph Anthony COONEY, Debtor. Carol FOWLER, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Anthony COONEY, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky.

December 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis L. Searcy, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff.

James M. Auser, Louisville, Ky., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

At issue is whether a judgment debt for assault and battery, in which no punitive damages were awarded, is determinative of the question of dischargeability of a debt for willful and malicious injury.

On January 14, 1980, an assault and battery judgment was entered in Jefferson Circuit Court against the debtor, Joseph Cooney, in the sum of $50,000 for compensatory damages, pursuant to...

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