Ewert v. Wieboldt Stores, Inc.

This is the appeal of defendant World Safety Device Company (World) from the dismissal of its counterclaim and third-party complaint, both of which sought damages for an alleged abuse of process by counterdefendant Werner Ewert, Jr. and third-party defendants Karlin & Fleisher, who were Ewert’s attorneys, because of their action in filing a second amended complaint impleading World as a party defendant and causing summons to be served upon it.

Ewert sought relief for injuries suffered in a fall while employed as a window washer on the premises of Wieboldt Stores, Inc. In Count II of his second…