GULF STATES PAPER CORP. v. HAWKINS

82-506.

444 So.2d 381 (1983)

GULF STATES PAPER CORPORATION v. Robert V. HAWKINS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Donald and Herschel T. Hamner, Jr. of Zeanah, Donald & Hust, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Jack Drake of Drake, Knowles & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the element of probable cause in this action for malicious prosecution was an issue for the jury's consideration. Because we reverse and render, a detailed version of the facts is appropriate.

Plaintiff Robert Hawkins is a resident of Tuscaloosa County. On September 17, 1973, Hawkins went to work for Gulf States Paper Corporation (Gulf States), defendant, as the timber engineering director....

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