Grantham v. Bynum

PITTMAN, Judge.

In this appeal, transferred to this court by the Alabama Supreme Court pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-2-7(6), Barry L. Grantham appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Etowah Circuit Court on his malicious-prosecution claim against Lurey Jeffery Bynum. We reverse and remand.

Grantham sued Bynum in February 2008, alleging in the complaint that Bynum had caused Grantham to be arrested under a warrant issued by a municipal magistrate on a charge of harassment that was subsequently found not to be valid; Grant-ham sought both compensatory and punitive damages. Subsequent…