JACOBSEN v. GARZO

No. 85-481.

542 A.2d 265 (1988)

R. Edwin JACOBSEN v. Kenneth GARZO.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl H. Lisman and Mary G. Kirkpatrick of Lisman & Lisman, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert R. McKearin of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

Before PECK, DOOLEY and MAHADY, JJ., and KEYSER, J. (Ret.) and COSTELLO, District Judge (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


MAHADY, Justice.

The issues presented in this appeal involve three tort claims and their interrelationships. The case requires us to more clearly define the tort of abuse of process. It also calls upon us to examine the relationships among that tort, the tort of malicious prosecution and tortious interference with contract.

Defendant had previously filed a lawsuit against the Stowe Board of Adjustment, its administrative officer, and plaintiff. In that action...

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