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COFFEE v. PETERBILT OF NASHVILLE, INC.

795 S.W.2d 656 (1990)

Tom L. COFFEE, Plaintiff/Applicant, v. PETERBILT OF NASHVILLE, INC., Defendant/Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Duzane, Nashville, Barbara L. Broersma, Nashville, for plaintiff/applicant.

William B. Jakes, III, North & Gideon, Nashville, for defendant/respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendant for false arrest and false imprisonment. Plaintiff was arrested and taken to jail in New York in 1983, on a bad check warrant. Arrangements were made with defendant for payment of the check in return for plaintiff's release from jail and dismissal of the charge. In 1987 plaintiff was arrested in Missouri on the same bad check warrant that caused his arrest in New York. The trial court awarded plaintiff $5...

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