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Dorta v. Gaines

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 6, 1992
605 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 92-808.

October 6, 1992.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Phillip W. Knight, Judge.

Gonzalo R. Dorta, Miami, appellant.

Valdes-Fauli, Cobb, Bischoff Kriss and Jonathan L. Gaines and John J. Hearn, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.


The trial court correctly determined that the appellant's complaint did not and could not state a claim for abuse of process and therefore could be maintained, if at all, only as a malicious prosecution action after a favorable determination of the underlying action. Marty v. Gresh, 501 So.2d 87 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); McMurray v. U-Haul Co., Inc., 425 So.2d 1208 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Blue v. Weinstein, 381 So.2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); see Yoder v. Adriatico, 459 So.2d 449 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Dorta v. Gaines

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 6, 1992
605 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)
Case details for

Dorta v. Gaines

Case Details

Full title:GONZALO R. DORTA, ESQ., APPELLANT, v. JONATHAN GAINES, ESQ., VALDES-FAULI…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 6, 1992

Citations

605 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

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