Thursday, August 25, 2011

Eighth Circuit -- George Stokes v. Southern States Cooperative

 Reversal of dismissal of wrongful prosecution claim.


Deft's averrance of subjective belief of legit claim not enough, objectively, the belief was unreasonable.

Given lack of merit to claim, jury could reasonably infer malice.

George Stokes v. Southern States Cooperative
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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