Kawaauhau v. Geiger

Kawaauhau v. Geiger
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 21, 1998 Decided March 3, 1998
Full case name	Margaret Kawaauhau, et vir, petitioners v. Paul W. Geiger
Citations	523 U.S. 57 (more) 118 S. Ct. 974; 140 L. Ed. 2d 90
Holding
Debt arising from a medical malpractice judgment, attributable to negligent or reckless conduct is dischargeable under the Bankruptcy Code. Only intentional malpractice torts are not dischargeable.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Ginsburg, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code; 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6)

Kawaauhau v. Geiger, 523 U.S. 57 (1998), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that debt arising from a medical malpractice judgment, attributable to negligent or reckless conduct is dischargeable under the Bankruptcy Code.^[1]