PARKS v. CITY OF HOMESTEAD

No. 80-2377.

414 So.2d 1142 (1982)

Gordon Russell PARKS, Appellant, v. CITY OF HOMESTEAD, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, and James R. McLaughlin, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lipinski, Miami, for appellant.

Underwood, Gillis, Karcher, Reinert & Valle and Carlos E. Casuso and Stephen E. Tunstall, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

Parks appeals from an adverse judgment in favor of the defendants, the City of Homestead and Officer James R. McLaughlin, on Parks' action for false arrest.

In early September, 1976, while Officer McLaughlin was working as an undercover officer for the narcotics unit, he learned from a reliable confidential informant that Parks was selling marijuana from his apartment. In response to this tip, McLaughlin and another detective established a...

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