The case involves an appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County regarding claims of abuse of process and malicious prosecution against attorneys who filed a complaint and briefly prosecuted a case against the plaintiff. The trial court granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendants, citing the litigation privilege which protects actions taken in the course of and related to a judicial proceeding from civil liability. The appellate court affirmed this decision, applying the litigation privilege to both abuse of process and malicious prosecution claims.
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