Upshaw v. McArdle

Mona Upshaw, the plaintiff in this action alleging false arrest and false imprisonment, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants Timothy Glenn McArdle, Edward Neil Byrd, and Brooks Burdette, all police officers with the City of Hoover.

"In reviewing the disposition of a motion for summary judgment, we utilize the same standard as the trial court in determining whether the evidence before [it] made out a genuine issue of material fact" and whether the movant was "entitled to a judgment as a matter of law." Bussey v. John Deere Co.,531 So.2d 860, 862 (Ala. 1988); Rule…