Seipel v. Olympic Coast Investments

¶1 Joe Seipel appeals from an order and judgment of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing his action for malicious prosecution and abuse of process. We reverse and remand.

¶2 We restate the issues as whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment on Seipel’s claim for malicious prosecution and whether the court erred in granting summary judgment on Seipel’s claim for abuse of process.

BACKGROUND

¶3 This action arises out of a federal court action Olympic Coast Investments (Olympic), a Washington…