Long v. Long

The plaintiff, Francis Long, appeals the Superior Court’s (Dickson, J.) decision granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in the plaintiff’s action in tort for abuse of process. The defendants are Helen Long, the plaintiff’s ex-wife; Joseph Rubino, Helen’s son; and C. Jeanne MacLennan. The plaintiff objects to the granting of summary judgment on both procedural and substantive grounds. We find no procedural error, and hold that, as a matter of law, no process was abused. We therefore affirm.

The facts material to our decision are as follows. During the plaintiff’s and Helen’s…