103 Ohio App. 3d 187 - Kirk v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Welco Industries, Inc. v. Applied Companies · Trussell v. General Motors Corp. · Davis v. Loopco Industries, Inc. · Criss v. Springfield Township · 358 F. Supp. 630 - Ray v. City Bank & Trust Co. of Natchez, Mississippi
Most-quoted passages
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“The elements of the tort of malicious criminal prosecution are (1) malice in instituting or continuing the prosecution, (2) lack of probable cause, and (3) termination of the prosecution in favor of the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]t may be evidenced by wanton and reckless refusal to make a reasonable investigation with regard to the propriety of prosecution, or by the refusal to terminate prosecution upon notice that it is wrongful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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