Motheral v. Burkhart

ROWLEY, Judge:

During the course of a bitter custody dispute between appellant G. Brinton Motheral and his wife, Gretchen Burk-hart, from whom he is now divorced, appellant allegedly threatened his wife’s mother, Ann Burkhart. The incident resulted in the filing of criminal charges against appellant, all of which were later dropped or nolle pressed. As a result of the filing of the criminal charges, which he contends were unfounded, appellant instituted the present civil action. In a multi-count complaint he asserted claims of malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional…