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PIERCE v. TOWN OF HASTINGS

No. 86-667.

509 So.2d 1134 (1987)

George PIERCE, Appellant, v. The TOWN OF HASTINGS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Harden of Smith, Davenport, Bloom, Harden & Johnson, Jacksonville, for appellant.

John E. Hankal, St. Augustine, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether a cap of $50,000 can be imposed on appellant George Pierce's $65,000 judgment against appellee, Town of Hastings.

Pierce filed a complaint against the Town in 1980, alleging two counts of malicious prosecution and two counts of false imprisonment arising from incidents on November 26, 1978 and December 31, 1978, in which the Town sought to punish Pierce for violating a town ordinance regulating Sunday business...

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