Hough v. Stockbridge

¶1 This appeal follows the successful prosecution of a claim for abuse of process. The appellant first sued for defamation. The respondents then counter*334claimed for abuse of process. The defamation case was ultimately dismissed and the case proceeded to a jury verdict in favor of the respondents on the abuse of process claim. The appellant’s essential argument here on appeal is that the court’s instructions to the jury allowed the jury to find liability for abuse of process for proceedings other than original process and without a finding that process was used to extort something. The court’s…