MARK PHILLIP HOBBS v. CONSOLIDATED GRAIN & BARGE CO., Defendant-Respondent.

Mark Phillip Hobbs appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing his petition against Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. (“Consolidated”) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Finding no error in that ruling, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Hobbs filed a petition seeking damages against Consolidated for the malicious prosecution of an earlier lawsuit that Consolidated had brought against Hobbs. The petition alleges that in that underlying lawsuit “the trial court entered judgment in favor of Consolidated on its claims against Mark Hobbs for (a) an implied…