Sfeir v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

We reverse the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in this malicious prosecution suit by plaintiff Edward J. Sfeir. The summary judgment was entered on the basis that there had been no termination of the underlying civil suit brought by Equitable against Sfeir which had been favorable to Sfeir. Such a favorable termination was an essential element in Sfeir’s malicious prosecution suit against Equitable. See Central Florida Machinery Co., Inc. v. Williams, 424 So.2d 201, 202 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. denied, 434 So.2d 886 (Fla.1983).

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