Bird v. Rothman

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

In this case we are asked to review the trial court’s actions in a malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and negligence suit which terminated in favor of appellees, two Tucson attorneys, on all three counts. Appellant challenges summary judgment on the abuse of process and negligence counts, and a directed verdict for appellees on the malicious prosecution count at trial.

In February 1976, appellees, representing a woman who was injured at Amado Greyhound Park when the grandstand glass was shattered by a rock, filed a tort action which initially named only the…