Solomon v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*440OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
This appeal presents us with the issue of whether a claimant’s notice of claim, which was filed pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 8-b, to recover damages for unjust conviction and imprisonment, states a cause of action.
An "action for false imprisonment is derived from the ancient common-law action of trespass and protects the personal interest of freedom from restraint of movement” (Broughton v State of New York, 37 NY2d 451, 456 [1975], cert denied sub nom. Schanbarger v Kellogg, 423 US 929 [1975]).
Prior to 1984, in New York, relief for a person, who had been…
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