TRUSSELL v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 89-1081 and 89-1082.

53 Ohio St. 3d 142 (1990)

TRUSSELL, APPELLEE, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Hodge and Dennis L. Bailey, for appellee.

Cowden, Pfarrer, Crew & Becker, Joseph P. Buchanan and Jeffrey A. Swillinger, for appellants.


H. BROWN, J.

For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals and remand the cause for a new trial.

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The primary issue before us is this: must the plaintiff show an arrest or seizure in order to maintain an action for malicious prosecution founded on a prior criminal proceeding? In order to resolve this issue, we must revisit and clarify our prior pronouncements in this area.

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