CITY OF HOMESTEAD v. SUAREZ

No. 90-2195.

591 So.2d 1125 (1992)

CITY OF HOMESTEAD and Edward Palmer, Appellants, v. Yris SUAREZ and Antonio Suarez, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magill & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Miami, for appellants.

Arnaldo J. Suri, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendants City of Homestead and Edward Palmer from a final judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict in an action for false arrest/imprisonment and assault and battery arising out of a police-citizen encounter. We affirm.

First, we reject the defendant's central point on appeal that the defendant Palmer had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff Yris Suarez for various offenses, including eluding a police officer,...

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