CITY OF CLEARWATER v. WILLIAMSON

Case No. 2D05-2936.

938 So.2d 985 (2006)

CITY OF CLEARWATER and CHARLES ESPOSITO, Appellants, v. TONY WILLIAMSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed July 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Richard Hull, Assistant City Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellants City of Clearwater and Charles Esposito.

W. Clay Mitchell, Orlando, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

The City of Clearwater and Charles Esposito, a former Clearwater police detective, appeal from a judgment entered after a jury found them liable for malicious prosecution, false arrest and imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional harm. We reverse because Detective Esposito possessed probable cause to arrest.

This case was previously before this court after the trial court denied Detective Esposito qualified immunity by refusing...

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