Supreme Court of California

A person may not sue for the malicious prosecution of an action that the parties resolved through contractual arbitration because a contractual arbitration proceeding does not result in a favorable termination of a prior action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2001
• Published 04/16/2001

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Grace & Sater, Michael K. Grace, Gregory J. Sater;  Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger and Stephen S. Smith, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Lawrence J. Gornick, San Francisco, Edward D. Totino, Los Angeles, Aaron P. Sonnhalter, Brett M. Schuman and Thomas M. Peterson, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents.