RAINE v. DRASIN


621 S.W.2d 895 (1981)

J. D. RAINE, Sr., Movant, v. George F. DRASIN and Ronald J. Fadel, Respondents. George F. DRASIN and Ronald J. Fadel, Movant, v. J. D. RAINE, Sr., and James H. Highfield, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Cooper, Cooper, Kiel & Beale, Louisville, for Raine.

Larry Franklin, Michael R. Hance, Franklin & King, P. S. C., Louisville, for Drasin and Fadel.

John M. Berry, Jr., New Castle, for Highfield.


STEPHENS, Justice.

This appeal involves a malicious prosecution action filed by two physicians against two attorneys who had filed an unsuccessful medical malpractice case against them.

Following a voluntary dismissal of the suit against them, Dr. George F. Drasin and Dr. Ronald J. Fadel filed a malicious prosecution and abuse of process suit against J. D. Raine, Sr., and James H. Highfield, the attorneys who had...

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