Casa Herrera, Inc. v. Beydoun
California Supreme Court
Meisenheimer, Herron & Steele, Matthew V. Herron, Robert M. Steele; Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat, Michael J. Kirby and Matthew P. Nugent for Plaintiff and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN, J.
A court resolves an action for breach of contract and fraud in favor of a defendant by applying the parol evidence rule. That defendant subsequently files a malicious prosecution action against the plaintiffs in the breach of contract action and others. We now consider whether the termination of the breach of contract and fraud action based on the parol evidence rule satisfies the favorable termination element of a malicious prosecution claim. We conclude it does.
I
A
In 1994, respondent Am Mex Food Industries, Inc. (Am Mex)—which was owned by respondent Nasser Beydoun—purchased…
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