Case Name: Gonzalo R. DORTA, Esq., Appellant, v. Jonathan GAINES, Esq., Valdes-Fauli, Cobb, Petrey & Bischoff, P.A., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-10-06
Citations: 605 So. 2d 182
Docket Number: No. 92-808
Parties: Gonzalo R. DORTA, Esq., Appellant, v. Jonathan GAINES, Esq., Valdes-Fauli, Cobb, Petrey & Bischoff, P.A., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 605
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
Gonzalo R. DORTA, Esq., Appellant, v. Jonathan GAINES, Esq., Valdes-Fauli, Cobb, Petrey & Bischoff, P.A., Appellees.
No. 92-808.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 6, 1992.
Gonzalo R. Dorta, Miami, appellant.
Valdes-Fauli, Cobb, Bischoff & Kriss and Jonathan L. Gaines and John J. Hearn, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court correctly determined that the appellant's complaint did not and could not state a claim for abuse of process and therefore could be maintained, if at all, only as a malicious prosecution action after a favorable determination of the underlying action. Marty v. Gresh, 501 So.2d 87 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); McMurray v. U-Haul Co., Inc., 425 So.2d 1208 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Blue v. Weinstein, 381 So.2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); see Yoder v. Adriatico, 459 So.2d 449 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).
Affirmed.