Kelley v. Tomlinson

OPINION

CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which KOCH and CAIN, JJ., joined.

The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants in this malicious prosecution case. Because we find that the plaintiffs raised genuine issues of material fact in regard to the existence of probable cause in the antecedent defamation case, we reverse.

I. Changes at City Hall

This malicious prosecution lawsuit was filed after we affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the antecedent defamation suit. Tomlinson v. Kelley, 969 S.W.2d 402 (Tenn.Ct.App.1997). Although we discussed the…