Legal Opinion
Rebore v. Pace
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages based upon abuse of process, plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Lockman, J.), dated September 26, 1984, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.
Order affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for abuse of process. The process alleged to have been abused was the service of a summons and complaint on one Bartholomew J. Rebore, in a libel action instituted by defendants against him. Mr. Rebore is an attorney who, at the time the offending…
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