O'CONNELL v. Bank of Boston

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing negligent investigation claim because it “added nothing to the count for malicious prosecution”
• “A slipshod or incomplete investigation, without more, is a disservice to the one who commissioned the investigation, not to its subject.”
• “It is not enough that the accused be found not guilty; to recover damages he must also prove that his accuser acted from malice, i.e., from improper motives; and his accuser must have lacked probable cause for his charges.”
• employer’s statement initiating criminal charges was absolutely privileged

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).