Graham v. Foret

WICKER, District Judge.

The defendant filed a Motion for Summary Judgment which was submitted on briefs without oral argument.

After considering the briefs of counsel, the record and the applicable law, the Court GRANTS the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, for the reasons which follow:

This-is a lawsuit for malicious prosecution and abuse of process, which grew out of a dispute between Robert Graham [“Graham”] of Gulf City Seafood and Melvin Foret [“Foret”] of Cocodrie Seafood over the payment for shrimp. In July 1989, Gulf City owed Cocodrie $195,000. When the debt was not paid, Foret…