Legal Opinion
Moscatelli v. City of Middletown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 20, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for false arrest, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Peter C. Patsalos, J.), dated May 28, 1997, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
On April 1, 1995, the plaintiff was involved in a car accident in Middletown, New York. A police officer with the City of Middletown Police Department responded to the scene and transmitted the information obtained from the plaintiff’s license,…
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