MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question whether a judgment debt resulting from a medical malpractice action is dischargeable in bankruptcy. The Kawaauhaus maintain that it is not, because it is a "debt ... for willful and malicious injury by the debtor," which 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) exempts from discharge. The bankruptcy court agreed with the Kawaauhaus, see In re Geiger,
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