Hughes v. Lynch

¶1 This is an appeal by Eugene F. Hughes, Jr., M.D. (“Hughes”) from the order and judgment of the District Court for the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County, granting summary judgment in favor of Laura Lynch (“Lynch”). We affirm. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in determining that there were no genuine issues of material fact with respect to Hughes’s malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and tortious interference claims.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On February 2, 1998, Lynch filed a complaint with the Montana Human Rights Commission…