Betts Industries, Inc. v. Heelan

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Betts Industries, Inc., (“Betts”) appeals from the trial court’s decision to grant Raymond V. Heelan, Jr. and Cairn L. Bishop’s (“Appellees”) preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer and to dismiss Betts’s cause of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Betts manufactures products for the highway cargo tank industry. Appellees are president and vice president of Allegheny Valve and Coupling Inc. Allegheny Valve and Coupling Inc. previously comprised two separate entities, Allegheny Valve and…