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METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. NORTON

No. 88-2189.

543 So.2d 1301 (1989)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. James Russell NORTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., and James J. Allen, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Rhea P. Grossman, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

JORGENSON, Judge.

Dade County appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding the county liable for false arrest and awarding James Russell Norton $10,000. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the trial court's order denying the county's motion for a directed verdict and, on remand, direct the trial court to enter judgment for the county; we affirm on Norton's cross-appeal.

In October, 1985, off-duty Metro Dade Detective Peter Hames witnessed...

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