Welch v. County of Westchester

In an action to recover damages for false imprisonment, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Gurahian, J.), entered December 13, 1989, which granted the renewed motion of the defendant County of Westchester for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

After reviewing all the evidence in the record, we find that the Supreme Court properly determined that the plaintiff’s confinement was privileged under Mental Hygiene Law § 9.37 (a) (see, Gonzalez v State of New York, 110 AD2d 810). The court was not…