Holley v. Caulfield

MOONEY, Presiding Judge.

Joseph Caulfield and Donald Nangle (Defendants) appeal from a jury verdict awarding E.J. Holley (Holley) $46,845.05 in his suit for malicious prosecution against Defendants. The Defendants further appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their abuse-of-process counterclaims for failure to state a cause of action. We shall only address two of Defendants’ claims of error because they are dispositive of all issues on appeal.

Defendants contend the trial court erred in denying their motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and entering…