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Pro Line Sports Center, Inc., et al. vs. Court Of Appeals, et al.

PRO LINE SPORTS CENTER, INC., and QUESTOR CORPORATION, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, UNIVERSAL ATHLETICS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC., and MONICO SEHWANI, respondents.

G.R. No. 118192 | 1997-10-23

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J:

This case calls for a revisit of the demesne of malicious prosecution and its implications.

This petition stemmed from a criminal case for unfair competition filed by Pro Line Sports Center, Inc. (PRO LINE) and Questor Corporation (QUESTOR) against Monico Sehwani, president of Universal Athletics and Industrial Products, Inc. (UNIVERSAL). In that case Sehwani was exonerated. As a retaliatory move, Sehwani and UNIVERSAL filed a civil case for damages against PRO LINE and QUESTOR for what they perceived as the wrongful and malicious filing of the criminal action for unfair competition against them.

But...