Brown v. Parnell

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant attorneys in a malicious prosecution and abuse of process action. We affirm.

Cleveland Brown is president and 98% shareholder in Auto Sound and Distributors, Inc., a corporation. On the advice of his attorney, he filed complaints in small claims court to collect three bad debts. Brown, who was not an attorney, appeared in small claims court on behalf of his corporation and obtained two judgments. While he was in court he was observed by at least three of the defendant attorneys, Gatewood Walden, Nick Parnell and Horace…