Drill Parts and Service Co. v. Joy Mfg.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that \lack of probable cause is not an essential element of [an] abuse of process [claim]\
• stating that in a defamation action the allegedly defamatory statement either must have caused special damage to the plaintiff (defamation per quod) or be actionable irrespective of the harm caused (defamation per se)
• stating that in a defamation action the allegedly defamatory statement either must have caused special damage to the plaintiff (defamation per quod) or be actionable irrespective of the harm caused (defamation per se)
• setting out the four elements of defamation under Alabama law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).