Excerpt: ...a wrongful manner. (Coleman v. Gulf Ins. Grp. (1985) 41 Cal.3d 782. An action for abuse of process does not lie where process is used properly even though the motive may be bad. (Abraham v. Lancaster Community Hospital (1990) 217 Cal.App.3d 796, 826.) Plaintiff asserts the Defendant filed the civil harassment restraining order action to harass and silence Plaintiff from lodging complaints of potential child abuse and neglect. However, filing a la...

Excerpt: ...y statute, relief must be sought from the administrative body and the remedy exhausted before the courts will act; a court violating the rule acts in excess of jurisdiction." (Hollon v. Pierce (1967) 257 Cal.App.2d 468, 475.) "[C]ompleton of the administrative remedy has been held to be a prerequisite to equitable relief." (People v. Coit Ranch, Inc. (1962) 204 Cal.App.2d 52, 58.) "[A] constitutional challenge does not excuse the exhaustion of ad...