The common law cause of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings has been codified at 42 Pa.C.S.A. Section 8352, et seq. The statute is referred to as the Dragonetti Act.

The tort of wrongful use of civil proceedings is interpreted and applied broadly against those who use legal process as a “tactical weapon to coerce a desired result that is not the legitimate object of the process,”  see Winner Logistics v. Labor & Logistics, Phila. C.C.P. 061002164 (commerce program) (quoting McGee v. Feege, 535 A.2d 1020, 1026 (Pa. 1987)).

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