Finney v. Royal SunAlliance Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

The Estate of Daniel Finney (“Finney”) appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Royal SunAlliance Insurance Company (“Royal”) and Patrick Loughney (“Loughney”) on Finney’s claims of wrongful use of civil proceedings and abuse of the legal process. We agree with the District Court’s analysis that Finney failed to offer evidence of various required elements of each of his claims, and we accordingly will affirm.

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Fire destroyed Finney’s newly-remodeled house and barn in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania in June 2000. The house…