CITY OF HOLLYWOOD v. COLEY

No. 70-184.

258 So.2d 828 (1971)

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Appellants, v. George Munroe COLEY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Mimms, Jr., of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

H. Robert Koltnow and Gerald Kogan, Miami, for appellee.


McCAIN, DAVID L., Associate Judge.

Defendant, City of Hollywood, appeals a final judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding plaintiff, George M. Coley, compensatory and punitive damages for false arrest and imprisonment, and compensatory damages for malicious prosecution.

On the morning of July 21, 1967, plaintiff Coley, a general contractor, was engaged in the construction of a one-story commercial building on his own lot, when defendant Edward Stewart...

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