PALMER FORD, INC. v. WOOD

No. 22, September Term, 1983.

298 Md. 484 (1984)

471 A.2d 297

PALMER FORD, INC. v. FRANKLIN E. WOOD.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied March 5 and 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert D. Brault, Rockville (Charles C. Bowie, Janet S. Zigler and Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault, Rockville, on the brief), for appellant.

Arthur M. Wagman, Rockville (Wagman & Moldawer, P.A., Rockville, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

Whether the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict is the issue presented in this malicious prosecution and abuse of process suit. With respect to the malicious prosecution claim the argument focuses on the legal sufficiency of the evidence to prove the absence of probable cause. As to that element of the tort the plaintiff's case rests entirely on the dismissal by a judge in the District Court of Maryland of all criminal charges against the...

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