Justice RIVERA-SOTO delivered the opinion of the Court.
An apparent case of identity theft blossomed into criminal charges, an indictment, an arrest, and the thirteen-day incarceration of the wrong person. Those events triggered the malicious prosecution action now on appeal, which raises three discrete questions. First, does a claim of malicious prosecution lie in the circumstances presented? Second, is there a cause of action for negligent investigation? And, third...
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