Legal Opinion
Brody v. Ruby
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 28, 1978No. 60842PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Justice.
This is a suit by a physician, Dr. Sidney Brody, against the former plaintiff (Marilyn Ruby) and her lawyers in a prior action for malpractice against Dr. Brody and others. The malpractice action, arising out of the death of Mrs. Ruby’s husband, was settled without direct participation of Dr. Bro-dy. It then was dismissed with prejudice as to all defendants.
In several counts, this petition alleged defendants wrongfully instituted the malpractice litigation and consequently became liable in damages to plaintiff on theories of malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and…
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