District Court of Appeal of Florida

A judgment entered pursuant to a jury's finding defendants, a city and former police detective, liable for malicious prosecution, false arrest and imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional harm is reversed where the police detective possessed probable cause to arrest plaintiff, and thus the trial court erred in denying motions for directed verdict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/28/2006
• Published 07/28/2006

Judges

• CASANUEVA, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Richard Hull, Assistant City Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellants City of Clearwater and Charles Esposito.


• For Appellees:
  
• W. Clay Mitchell, Orlando, for Appellee.