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Personal Injury & Torts

Apr. 18, 2001

Malicious Prosecution Suit After Arbitration Is Barred

SAN FRANCISCO - Submitting to private arbitration to resolve a lawsuit bars a defendant from later bringing a malicious prosecution action, a closely divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Submitting to private arbitration to resolve a lawsuit bars a defendant from later bringing a malicious prosecution action, a closely divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday.
        By a 4-3 vote, the court held that a man sued by his...

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