Hart v. O'MALLEY

KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal, we must determine if an individual, who should have been joined as an indispensable party in an equity action but was not joined as an indispensable party, now has standing to bring a cause of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings against the party who instituted the equity action. We conclude that an indispensable party has standing to bring a cause of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings. We are next asked to determine if 1) the complaint alleges causes of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings and abuse of process against the plaintiff in…