LEE v. GEIGER

No. AG-306.

419 So.2d 717 (1982)

W.D. LEE, Individually, and City of Jacksonville, a Municipal Corporation, Appellants, v. Ralph P. GEIGER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson A. McQuaig, Gen. Counsel, William Lee Allen, and Grady W. Martin, Asst. Counsels, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Fred T. Stapp of Williams & Stapp, Jacksonville, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. The appellants, defendants below, contend that the trial judge erred in failing to direct a verdict for them at the close of all the evidence in both the malicious prosecution and false arrest actions. We agree and reverse.

The appellee was arrested by appellant, Detective Lee of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, and was subsequently...

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