Bradshaw v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

Petitioner asks us to review a decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial judgment in an unusual malicious prosecution case.1 We granted review to examine important questions concerning the issue of probable cause. Rule 23, Ariz.R.Civ. App.P., 17A A.R.S. We have jurisdiction under Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. § 12-120.24.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

A. The Underlying Action

Many of the essential facts in this case are undisputed. We view the other facts and all inferences in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Curlee v. Morris,…