PHELAN v. CITY OF CORAL GABLES

No. 81-1311.

415 So.2d 1292 (1982)

John W. PHELAN and David J. Teer, Appellants, v. CITY OF CORAL GABLES, George Cheiffi, the Continental Casualty Company and Norman Morris, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corlett, Merritt, Killian & Sikes and Gerald E. Rosser, Miami, for appellants.

Peter G. Stassun, Coral Gables, Steven R. Berger, Underwood, Gillis, Karcher, Reinert & Valle and Thomas R. Trompeter, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


HENDRY, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants John Phelan and David Teer appeal an adverse summary judgment entered in their suit for false arrest and imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The appellees are Norman Morris, owner of a boat Phelan and Teer were charged with looting, George Cheiffi, a detective employed by the City of Coral Gables Police Department, the City of Coral Gables, and Continental Casualty, the City's insurer.

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