Gooch v. Tudor

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Dale Gooch appeals from two separate orders of the trial court, entered following a bench trial; he asserts that the trial court erred in: (1) finding in favor of Dede Tudor on her claim against Gooch for malicious prosecution; (2) awarding Tudor punitive damages; and (3) granting Tudor’s motion for a directed verdict on Gooch’s claim for trover and cancelling the notice of lis pendens he had filed against Tudor’s property. Discerning no error, we affirm.

While we apply a de novo standard of review to any questions of law decided by the trial court, factual findings…