1. Abuse of Process
1. Elements
2. Defenses

2. Account Stated
1. Elements
2. Defenses

3. Accounting
1. Elements
2. Defenses

4. Assault
1. Elements
2. Defenses

5. Battery
1. Elements
2. Defenses

6. Breach: 01. Breach of Contract
1. Elements
2. Defenses

7. Breach: 02. Breach of Joint Venture Agreement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

8. Breach: 03. Breach of Promissory Note
1. Elements
2. Defenses

9. Breach: 04. Breach of Third-Party Beneficiary Contract
1. Elements
2. Defenses

10. Breach: 05. Breach of Implied in Fact Contract
1. Elements
2. Defenses

11. Breach: 06. Breach of Implied in Law Contract
1. Elements
2. Defenses

12. Breach: 07. Breach Implied Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing
1. Elements
2. Defenses

13. Breach: 08. Breach of Express Warranty
1. Elements
2. Defenses

14. Breach: 09. Breach of Implied Warranty
1. Elements
2. Defenses

15. Breach: 10. Breach of Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose
1. Elements
2. Defenses

16. Breach: 11. Breach of Fiduciary Duty
1. Elements
2. Defenses

17. Breach: 12. Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Aiding and Abetting
1. Elements
2. Defenses

18. Building Code, Violation of
1. Elements
2. Defenses

19. Civil Conspiracy
1. Elements
2. Defenses

20. Civil Theft
1. Elements
2. Defenses

21. Contribution - Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act
1. Elements
2. Defenses

22. Conversion
1. Elements
2. Defenses

23. Copyright Infringement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

24. Declaratory Judgment
1. Elements
2. Defenses

25. Defamation by Implication
1. Elements
2. Defenses

26. Defamation Libel
1. Elements
2. Defenses

27. Defamation Per Se
1. Elements
2. Defenses

28. Defamation Slander
1. Elements
2. Defenses

29. Dog Bite Common Law
1. Elements
2. Defenses

30. Emotional Distress, Intentional Infliction
1. Elements
2. Defenses

31. Emotional Distress, Negligent Infliction
1. Elements
2. Defenses

32. Estoppel, Equitable
1. Elements
2. Defenses

33. Estoppel, Promissory
1. Elements
2. Defenses

34. False Imprisonment
1. Elements
2. Defenses

35. Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act
1. Elements
2. Defenses

36. Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
1. Elements
2. Defenses

37. Forcible Entry and Detention
1. Elements
2. Defenses

38. Fraud
1. Elements
2. Defenses

39. Fraud - Constructive
1. Elements
2. Defenses

40. Fraud - Fraud in the Performance
1. Elements
2. Defenses

41. Fraud - Fraudulent Inducement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

42. Fraud - Fraudulent Misrepresentation
1. Elements
2. Defenses

43. Fraud - Negligent Misrepresentation
1. Elements
2. Defenses

44. Fraud, Aiding and Abetting
1. Elements
2. Defenses

45. Fraudulent Nondisclosure with Real Estate Transactions
1. Elements
2. Defenses

46. Gross Negligence - Employee v. Employer
1. Elements
2. Defenses

47. Implied Way of Necessity
1. Elements
2. Defenses

48. Indemnification
1. Elements
2. Defenses

49. Indemnification, Contractual
1. Elements
2. Defenses

50. Indemnification, Common Law
1. Elements
2. Defenses

51. Injunction Permanent
1. Elements
2. Defenses

52. Injurious Falsehood
1. Elements
2. Defenses

53. Interference with Child Custody
1. Elements
2. Defenses

54. Invasion of Privacy
1. Elements
2. Defenses

55. Invasion of Privacy - Appropriation
1. Elements
2. Defenses

56. Invasion of Privacy - Intrusion
1. Elements
2. Defenses

57. Invasion of Privacy - Public Disclosure of Private Facts
1. Elements
2. Defenses

58. Legal Malpractice
1. Elements
2. Defenses

59. Lien - Charging
1. Elements
2. Defenses

60. Lien - Retaining
1. Elements
2. Defenses

61. Loss of Consortium – Child
1. Elements
2. Defenses

62. Loss of Consortium – Spouse
1. Elements
2. Defenses

63. Malicious Prosecution
1. Elements
2. Defenses

64. Misleading Advertisement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

65. Money Lent
1. Elements
2. Defenses

66. Negligence
1. Elements
2. Defenses

67. Negligence Fall Down
1. Elements
2. Defenses

68. Negligence Motor Vehicle
1. Elements
2. Defenses

69. Negligence Stillbirth
1. Elements
2. Defenses

70. Negligent Destruction of Evidence
1. Elements
2. Defenses

71. Negligent Entrustment
1. Elements
2. Defenses

72. Negligent Retention
1. Elements
2. Defenses

73. Negligent Security
1. Elements
2. Defenses

74. Negligent Supervision
1. Elements
2. Defenses

75. Open Account
1. Elements
2. Defenses

76. Private Nuisance
1. Elements
2. Defenses

77. Professional Negligence
1. Elements
2. Defenses

78. Public Nuisance
1. Elements
2. Defenses

79. Public Records Act
1. Elements
2. Defenses

80. Quantum Meruit
1. Elements
2. Defenses

81. Quiet Title
1. Elements
2. Defenses

82. Replevin
1. Elements
2. Defenses

83. Rescission
1. Elements
2. Defenses

84. Slander of Title
1. Elements
2. Defenses

85. Specific Performance
1. Elements
2. Defenses

86. Statutory Way of Necessity
1. Elements
2. Defenses

87. Strict Liability
1. Elements
2. Defenses

88. Strict Liability - Design Defect
1. Elements
2. Defenses

89. Strict Liability - Failure to Warn
1. Elements
2. Defenses

90. Strict Liability - Manufacturing Defect
1. Elements
2. Defenses

91. Subrogation, Equitable
1. Elements
2. Defenses

92. Temporary Injunction
1. Elements
2. Defenses

93. Tortious Interference: 1. With Advantageous Business Relationship
1. Elements
2. Defenses

94. Tortious Interference: 2. With a Contractual Right
1. Elements
2. Defenses

95. Tortious Interference: 3. With a Dead Body
1. Elements
2. Defenses

96. Tortious Interference: 4. With the Parent-Child Relationship
1. Elements
2. Defenses

97. Trade Dress Infringement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

98. Trespass
1. Elements
2. Defenses

99. Trusts, Constructive Trust
1. Elements
2. Defenses

100. Trusts, Resulting Trust
1. Elements
2. Defenses

101. Unfair Competition
1. Elements
2. Defenses

102. Unfair Competition - Trade Name, Service Mark and Trade Mark Infringement
1. Elements
2. Defenses

103. Unjust Enrichment
1. Elements
2. Defenses

104. Usurious Transaction
1. Elements
2. Defenses

105. Worthless Check
1. Elements
2. Defenses

106. Wrongful Birth
1. Elements
2. Defenses

107. Wrongful Death
1. Elements
2. Defenses

108. Wrongful Interference with Testamentary Expectancy
1. Elements
2. Defenses

Malicious Prosecution

1Elements and Case Citations

  1. Defendant commenced or continued an original criminal or civil judicial proceeding;
  2. Defendant was the legal cause of the original proceeding against the Plaintiff;
  3. The bona fide termination of the original proceeding in favor of the Plaintiff;
  4. Absence of probable cause in the original proceeding;
  5. Defendant acted with malice; and
  6. Plaintiff suffered damages

See Inlet Beach Capital Inv., LLC v. Enclave at Inlet Beach Owners Ass’n, Inc., 236 So.3d 1140, 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018); see also Loper v. Valencia, No. 1:24CV51-MW-MAF, 2025 WL 1484712, at *5-6 (N.D. Fla. May 9, 2025)(explaining the differences between malicious prosecution claims under Section 42 U.S.C. §1983 and state law).

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