BALTHAZAR v. DOWLING

No. 77-291.

65 Ill. App.3d 824 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 1257

EUGENE R. BALTHAZAR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DONALD C. DOWLING et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Hennessey, of Naperville, and Wayne B. Giampietro, of Ligtenberg, DeJong, Poltrock & Giampietro, of Chicago, for appellants.

D. Kendall Griffith and Oliver W. Gregory, both of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Dr. Eugene Balthazar and Dr. Frederick Schoenfeld, brought this action against defendants, Donald Dowling, Roy Safanda and Maria Reyes, for negligently filing a baseless medical malpractice action against them and for malicious prosecution. The underlying malpractice action had been brought by defendants Dowling and Safanda, licensed attorneys, on behalf of defendant Reyes...

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