ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. BRAGG

No. 95-2804.

680 So.2d 571 (1996)

ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellant, v. Lowell W. BRAGG, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Baker of Baker & Duke, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Erick M. Drlicka of Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, Pensacola, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Escambia County School Board (hereinafter School Board) appeals from a final judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Appellee Bragg on his claim of false arrest, contending, inter alia, that the trial court erred in failing to grant the School Board's motion for directed verdict. We find merit in this contention.

The tort of false imprisonment or false arrest is defined as "the unlawful...

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