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Milton EKE, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant, The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Defendant–Appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William E. McCarthy, J.), entered October 2, 2012, after a jury trial, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) in the amount of $25,000, bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered on or about July 10, 2012, which denied TBTA's motion for a directed verdict, and an order, same court (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered on or about July 17, 2008, which denied TBTA's motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court properly denied TBTA's motion to dismiss the complaint. The record supports the court's determination that TBTA waived the statute of limitations defense by failing to assert it in its answer (see CPLR 3211 [e] ).
TBTA's motion for a directed verdict was also properly denied. While a plaintiff's acceptance of an ACD precludes a claim for malicious prosecution, it “does not interdict an action for false imprisonment” (Hollender v. Trump Vil. Coop., 58 N.Y.2d 420, 423 [1983]; see Scherr v. City of Lackawanna, 79 AD3d 1785 [4th Dept 2010] ). To the extent that our decisions in Molina v. City of New York, 28 AD3d 372 (1st Dept 2006) and Hock v. Kline, 304 A.D.2d 477 (1st Dept 2003) hold that acceptance of an ACD prevents the latter claim, they are no longer to be followed.
Motion to supplement record denied.
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Decided: April 01, 2014
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