Shaffer v. Stewart

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• stating that “ ‘there is no liability where the defendant has done nothing more than carry out the process to its authorized conclusion, even though with bad intentions.’ ”
• finding favorable termination where plaintiffs counsel knew that the persons on whose behalf he filed a caveat to contest the probate of the decedent’s will had no standing and subsequently agreed voluntarily to the dismissal of those claims
• initiation of action to extract unwarranted settlement of unrelated claim is malicious use of process but not abuse of process

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