FERREIRA v. GRAY, CARY, WARE & FREIENDRICH

No. D034678.

104 Cal.Rptr.2d 683 (2001)

87 Cal.App.4th 409

Frank E. FERREIRA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GRAY, CARY, WARE & FREIDENRICH et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

Review Denied June 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sparber, Ferguson, Ponder & Ryan, Richard J. Annen and Jill D. Perry, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Post, Kirby, Noonan & Sweat, David J. Noonan, San Diego, and Thomas W. Betties, for Defendants and Respondents.


McINTYRE, J.

In this appeal, we decide that where a case is concluded by a settlement after trial, there is no favorable termination for purposes of pursuing a malicious prosecution action.

Frank E. Ferreira sued the law firm of Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich, and two of its attorneys, Duane S. Horning and L.B. Chip Edleson (together Gray, Cary) for malicious prosecution, based on their representation of Debra, Maryanne and Christine Rushing in an earlier...

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