MEIKSIN v. HOWARD HANNA CO., INC.


404 Pa.Super. 417 (1991)

590 A.2d 1303

Z.H. MEIKSIN and Jeannine C. Meiksin, his wife, Appellants, v. HOWARD HANNA COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Howard Hanna, Jr., Patricia McCommon, Maurice A. Nernberg, Jr., W. Thomas Laffey, Jr., and Nernberg & Laffey, P.C., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 15, 1991.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Clunies, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

H. Reginald Belden, Jr., Greensburg, for McCommon, Nernberg and Laffey, appellees.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this action for wrongful use of civil proceedings, the trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the lawyer-defendants who had instituted an unsuccessful action to recover real estate commissions on behalf of their broker client. The plaintiffs appealed. They contend, contrary to the trial court's determination, that whether the lawyers had probable cause for filing the action to recover...

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