William J. Templeman Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

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• holding that trial court did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate action for malicious prosecution when matter before it was limited to motion for sanctions
• holding that “malicious prosecution” in insurance policy unambiguously means common-law claims for malicious prosecution and does not cover motions for sanctions under state rule of civil procedure alleging that insured filed frivolous pleadings
• holding that a motion for sanctions is not a pleading
• noting that the term “malicious prosecution” has long denoted a separate and independent tort and that it was catalogued as such by Blackstone in the eighteenth century
• holding that a motion for sanctions is not a pleading
• noting that the term “malicious prosecution” has long denoted a separate and independent tort and that it was catalogued as such by Blackstone in the eighteenth century

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