O'Brien v. Food Fair Stores, North Dade, Inc.

CARROLL, Judge.

These appeals by the plaintiff Mary V. O’Brien from separate summary judgments *837for defendants were consolidated for briefing and argument. In an amended complaint the appellant charged defendants Food Fair Stores and Azrikan with malicious prosecution, libel and slander,1 and defendant Hudson with assault and false arrest, and sought compensatory and punitive damages.

The pleadings and the evidence before the court on the motions for summary judgment disclosed the following undisputed facts. The plaintiff-appellant Mary V. O’Brien had a checking account in the Little River Bank…