Legal Opinion
Haight v. Handweiler
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1988No. G003704PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WALLIN, J.
Charles Haight filed an action for malicious prosecution against Dr. John Godes and Martin Handweiler, Godes’s attorney, based on a previous action from which Godes had voluntarily dismissed Haight. The issue of whether the dismissal constituted a favorable termination was bifurcated and tried first. After taking testimony and receiving documentary evidence, the court found the element of favorable termination lacking and granted judgment for the defendants. We affirm.
In 1975, Haight filed a medical malpractice action against Godes. Off and on during the course of the…
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