McGranahan v. Dahar

How courts have described this case

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• setting forth some, but not all, elements of abuse of process; elements of “wrongful civil proceedings” outlined
• explaining that “[t]he law does not, and should not, allow recovery in tort by all persons accused of crimes and not convicted,” and that “[t]here is no guarantee in our society that only guilty persons will be accused and arrested”
• applying absolutely privilege to complaints and statements to prosecuting authority during pre-arrest investigation because they constitute part of initial steps in judicial proceeding
• applying absolutely privilege to complaints and statements to prosecuting authority during pre-arrest investigation because they constitute part of initial steps in judicial proceeding
• statements made during course of criminal investigation to police, city attorney, and prosecutor before criminal case began were sufficiently connected with subsequent judicial proceeding to be absolutely privileged
• statements made during course of criminal investigation to police, city attorney, and prosecutor before criminal case began were sufficiently connected with subsequent judicial proceeding to be absolutely privileged

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).