Pakos v. Warner

There are numerous lawsuits and parties involved in these appeals; however, it is not necessary for the purpose of this decision to state all the procedural steps which culminated in the issue now on appeal.

Plaintiffs filed actions they denominated actions to recover damages for abuse of process. These actions were dismissed upon the court’s own motion for lack of prosecution. Within one year after the dismissal, but after the applicable two-year statute of limitations had expired, the plaintiffs refiled their lawsuits; The defendant Taylor demurred upon the ground that the statute of…