Flanagan v. General Motors Corp.

Facts

Claiming malicious prosecution, plaintiff sued General Motors Corporation (hereafter GM), Dallas Flesher, a detective of the Pontiac police force, and Larry Thompson, a GM employee. The complaint alleged that: Thompson was involved in a fraudulent scheme to obtain payment from GM of undelivered goods; when the scheme was discovered, Thompson admitted his guilt and named Flanagan as a coconspirator; Flesher and GM employees threatened Flanagan with prosecution unless he would admit guilt and implicate others; and when Flanagan said he was innocent, he was prosecuted and acquitted. The…