JEANNE WRIGHT, APPELLANT,

v.

SIDNEY WEINSTOCK AND MOORE MCCORMACK LINES, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION, APPELLEES

Citator

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• Wright v. Yurko, 446 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984)
  …a cause of action in defamation and conspiracy to commit defamation and/or perjury are insufficient as a matter of law, and those causes of action were properly dismissed as to the Dormans, Greene, and Yurko. See Bond v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc., 246 So. 2d 631 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971). The only private remedy in this context allowed or recognized is the ancient cause of action of malicious prosecution.7 This tort has its own special elements and defenses. They are: (1) A criminal or civil judicial proceeding…
• Wilson v. Clark, 414 So. 2d 526 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …s as having been well pleaded. Because count I stated a cause of action based on allegations of misrepresentation and inadequate consideration, a motion to dismiss all the allegations of count I was improper. See Bond v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc., 246 So. 2d 631, 633 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971); Beck v. Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville, 117 So. 2d 45, 50 (Fla. 1st DCA 1960). Appellant had two avenues upon which to rectify the improper pleading of undue influence. He could have filed a motion for a more defini…
• Cont'l Mortg. Invs. v. Sailboat KEY, Inc., 395 So. 2d 507 (Fla. 1981)
  …tive defenses of usury in respect to such contracts.” Yaffee v. International Co., 80 So. 2d 910, 912 (Fla.1955). The cases cited by the district court are not strong support for its invocation of public policy. Bond v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc., 246 So. 2d 631 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971), cert. denied, 283 So. 2d 866 (Fla.1973), merely stands for the truism that an agreement [*510] against public policy is unenforceable, but does not delineate public policy in terms of usury. Davis v. Ebsco Industries, Inc., 150…