Wong v. Tabor

GARRARD, Judge.

This appeal is from an action for malicious prosecution brought against attorney Glenn J. Tabor by Samuel N. T. Wong, a physician. Tabor had filed suit against Wong on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. William Privett for injuries allegedly sustained by Mrs. Privett as the result of medical malpractice which left her a quadriplegic. 1 In the present case the jury found for Wong and awarded $25,000 damages. However, the trial court set the verdict aside, and this appeal followed.

We initially relate the facts upon which Wong bases his claim for malicious prosecution. 2 The Privetts first…