Legal Opinion

Patrick v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 7, 2016No. 1687 300841/10PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered July 31, 2015, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim of malicious prosecution, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record does not support a finding that defendants initiated the criminal proceeding against plaintiff Lincoln Patrick without probable cause and with malice (see Colon v City of New York, 60 NY2d 78, 82 [1983]). It shows only that they provided the police with information and cooperated with authorities; there is no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Colon v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Brown v. Sears Roebuck & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. Moorhouse v. StandardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Morant v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Moore v. SchoopAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2017

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