ARISON SHIPPING CO. v. HATFIELD

No. 76-1632.

352 So.2d 539 (1977)

ARISON SHIPPING COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Ted Arison, Harvey Levinson, Mr. Brain, Inc., a Florida Corporation and Georgian Bay Lines, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Appellants, v. Milton H. HATFIELD, Individually and Milton H. Hatfield, and James W. Kindelan and Others D/B/a Coopers and Lybrand, a Partnership F/K/a Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Howard W. Mazloff, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Paul & Thomson and Sanford L. Bohrer, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and PEARSON and HUBBART, JJ.


HENDRY, Chief Judge.

Appellants/plaintiffs appeal from an order dismissing their amended complaint for malicious prosecution.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether a dismissal "for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter" in a prior civil lawsuit filed against the present plaintiffs is a bona fide termination of the lawsuit sufficient to state a cause of action for malicious prosecution. We hold that it is not.

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