Opinion ID: 572756
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Heading: Application of the willful and malicious standard to

Text: Britton's conduct 33 Britton argues that his actions did not necessarily produce harm, as Cecchini requires. He suggests it was not substantially certain that Britton's actions would cause injury to Price, nor did Britton intend to injure her. He argues, The most that can be said of Mr. Britton is that he was making an effort to induce Ms. Price to have her lipectomy done at the clinic where he worked. 34 We reject Britton's very narrow reading of the necessarily produces language of Cecchini. Here, although Britton did not anticipate that Dr. Cavanaugh might perform the operation negligently, it was foreseeable that injury to Price would result from Britton's intentional misrepresentation. Britton attempts to abstract his conduct from its context, cutting it off from any but the most obvious potential consequences. We would draw too fine a line if we concluded that harm was not substantially certain to result from Britton's misrepresentation and inducement. 35