Case Name: Amable DELGADO, Appellant, v. AIRLINES REPORTING CORPORATION, EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-12-08
Citations: 745 So. 2d 1115
Docket Number: No. 99-1325
Parties: Amable DELGADO, Appellant, v. AIRLINES REPORTING CORPORATION, EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 745
Pages: 1115–1115

Head Matter:
Amable DELGADO, Appellant, v. AIRLINES REPORTING CORPORATION, EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Appellee.
No. 99-1325.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 8, 1999.
Gustavo Gutierrez, Miami, for appellant.
Herman Grubman & Moore and Jeffrey S. Grubman and Lawrence S. Gordon and Laura M. Feiner, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Delgado, the counter-plaintiff below, appeals the trial court's dismissal of his Abuse of Process counter-claim. We agree with the trial court's finding that the said counter-claim was, in actuality, a disguised attempt to assert a Malicious Prosecution claim and, as. such, the trial court's inherent ruling that the said claim was premature to the extent that it was filed prior to a final disposition of the underlying lawsuit that had been filed against the appellant.
Our affirmance is without prejudice to any right that the appellant might have to now initiate a Malicious Prosecution claim in view of the fact that the underlying lawsuit filed against the appellant is no longer pending. In so holding, we express no opinion concerning the manner in which the underlying lawsuit was concluded nor the effect that such a conclusion has upon the appellant's right to maintain a Malicious Prosecution claim.
Affirmed.