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SIMS v. GEOHAGAN

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641 So.2d 1237 (1994)

Oscar SIMS v. Steve GEOHAGAN.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar Sims, for appellant.

Curtis R. Savage, Jr., Florala, for appellee.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiff, Oscar Sims, appeals from the dismissal of his action against the defendant, Steve Geohagan.

Geohagan, a City of Florala police officer, detained Sims on December 1, 1986. Sims alleged that Geohagan "unlawfully arrested and imprisoned [Sims] in the Florala city jail for a period of 12 hours." Sims sued on a theory of false imprisonment.1

Before he filed this action, Sims had sued Geohagan...

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