VENUTO v. CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN ET AL.

No. 93-5105.

11 F.3d 385 (1993)

Ralph VENUTO; Carol Venuto; Lightning Lube, Inc. d/b/a Laser Lube; Automotive Management Systems, Inc., Appellants, v. CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN, GILFILLAN, CECCHI & STEWART, P.C.; Charles C. Carella; Brendan T. Byrne; John N. Bain; John G. Gilfillan, III; James D. Cecchi; Peter G. Stewart; Carella, Byrne, Bain & Gilfillan, P.C., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Nowak, Steven M. Kramer & Associates, Blackwood, NJ, and Steven M. Kramer, Steven M. Kramer & Associates, New York City, for appellants.

William B. McGuire, Marianne M. DeMarco, Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, Newark, NJ, for appellees.

PRESENT: HUTCHINSON, COWEN and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) October 4, 1993.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents three issues concerning the elements of a civil claim for malicious prosecution under New Jersey law. Proceeding from the more general to the more specific they are: (1) whether a "special grievance" continues to be a required element of such claim; (2) if so, whether special grievances are limited to deprivations of property...

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