Nevada Supreme Court· 1/24/2002

LaMantia v. Redisi

Citations

38 P.3d 877
118 Nev. 27
118 Nev. Adv. Rep. 3
2002 Nev. LEXIS 3

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holding that, on summary judgement, a plaintiff must present specific 1| facts of an ulterior purpose in the underlying lawsuit
holding that where the party presented only conjecture and no evidence that the opposing party actually intended to improperly use the legal process for a purpose other than to resolve the legal dispute, there was no abuse of process
stating that “[a] malicious prosecution claim requires that the defendant initiated, procured the institution of, or actively participated in the continuation of a criminal proceeding against the plaintiff” (citations omitted)
noting that lack 13 of probable cause is a necessary element of a malicious prosecution claim

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Judges: Shearing, Maupin, Rose

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