Dodge v. Lee

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

This case arose when Appellees Andy ice. Nelson Erdmann filed a suit for defamation and libel in the Benton County Circuit Court against Appellants John Dodge, Jim Bolt, Dr. Tim Brooker, Francis J. Hart, and thirteen other defendants. Many of the defendants, including these Appellants, filed counterclaims, alleging that Appellees’ suit was frivolous and constituted a malicious prosecution. The suit was eventually dismissed pursuant to Appellees’ motion for voluntary nonsuit. Thereafter, the trial court struck Appellants’ counterclaims, and they appealed. On appeal,…