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BELL EX REL. SNYDER v. ICARD, ETC.

986 S.W.2d 550 (1999)

Frances Miller BELL by Janet SNYDER, Conservator & Attorney-In-Fact, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ICARD, MERRILL, CULLIS, TIMM, FUREN AND GINSBURG, P.A.; and William Gordon Bell; and Hunton & Williams; and Long, Ragsdale and Waters, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Willis, Jr., Alan D. Johnson, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for appellant Francis Miller Bell.

William T. Ramsey, W. David Bridgers, Neal & Harwell, PLC, Nashville, for appellee Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A.

Thomas S. Scott, Jr., Dan D. Rhea, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Knoxville, for appellee William G. Bell.

John P. Konvalinka, Susan Kerr Lee, Tonya Kennedy Cammon, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, for appellee Hunton & Williams.

Darryl G. Lowe, Lowe, Shirley & Yeager, Knoxville, for appellee Long, Ragsdale & Waters.

O P I N I O N

DROWOTA, J.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the plaintiff's complaint states a cause of action for abuse of process. We conclude that the complaint fails to allege one of the essential elements of the tort—an improper act in the use of process. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals which upheld the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint...

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