Griffith v. Hammer

REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit seeking actual and punitive damages. He alleged that the wrongful, willful, and malicious seizure of his property by the defendant police officers forced him to employ an attorney and incur other costs in order to recover the property. Defendants moved to dismiss claiming the immediate action was barred by the doctrine of res judicata because the exact issue was previously litigated in a suit by plaintiff to recover the property from the Board of Police Commissioners. The defendants requested and were granted permission to present evidence, in…