CARSON v. BROOKSHIRE

No. AQ-291.

440 So.2d 614 (1983)

Dale CARSON, Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, and City of Jacksonville, Florida, Appellants, v. Gerald BROOKSHIRE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson A. McQuaig, Gen. Counsel, Grady W. Martin, Asst. Counsel, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Harris Brown and Julie H. Knutz of Mathews, Osborne, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellants seek review of a judgment whereby appellee was awarded damages for false arrest/false imprisonment, contending that the record conclusively establishes probable cause to arrest. We find that the record contains conflicting evidence and that the issue was properly submitted to the jury, and we therefore affirm the order appealed.

Appellee was arrested after a deputy sheriff responded to...

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