Hamlin v. Sourwine

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In this ’ appeal we consider the circumstances under which a party may be deemed to have relinquished a timely jury trial demand. Vernon Hamlin, Anderson Inns, Inc., Ellsworth Cook, Jr., and Dean Richards (collectively “Anderson Inns”) appeal from the trial court’s judgment in favor of Jack, Patsy and James Sourwine (the “Sourwines”) and Sourwine Construction Corporation (“SCC”). Over the objection of Anderson Inns, the court conducted a bench trial. The court found that Anderson Inns had engaged in malicious prosecution when it filed its “Complaint to…