{"id":16819,"date":"2018-07-07T22:20:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T22:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16819"},"modified":"2018-07-08T00:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T00:50:20","slug":"malicious-defense-defendants-use-of-unfair-harassing-or-illegal-tactics-to-advance-a-frivolous-or-unmeritorious-defense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16819","title":{"rendered":"malicious defense – defendant’s use of unfair, harassing, or illegal tactics to advance a frivolous or unmeritorious defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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malicious defense<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n(1911)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0<\/strong>Torts.\u00a0<\/em>A defendant’s use of unfair, harassing, or illegal tactics to advance a frivolous or unmeritorious defense.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The elements of the tort are<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(1) the defendant’s initiation, continuation, or procurement of proceedings;<\/span><\/strong>
\n(2) knowledge that the defense lacks merit;<\/span><\/strong>
\n(3) the assertion\u00a0 of the defense for a purpose other than to properly adjudicate the claim, such as to harass, annoy, or injure, or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;<\/span><\/strong>
\n(4) termination of the suit in the plaintiff’s favor; and<\/span><\/strong>
\n(5) harm to the plaintiff resulting from the proceeding.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Damages are the same as in an action for malicious <\/b>prosecution<\/b><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 A minority of states recognize the tort.<\/b> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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