BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we decide whether an employer's failure to obtain statutorily required workers' compensation insurance constitutes a willful and malicious injury under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). The district court held that such failure was not a willful and malicious injury; thus, the employer's resulting debt to an injured employee was dischargeable in bankruptcy. We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
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