Scullock v. Gee

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Willie Sculloek appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his civil action alleging false arrest by a sheriffs deputy. We reverse.

Scullock’s suit was based on an allegedly false arrest that occurred on April 9, 2007. A cause of action for false arrest accrues on the day of the arrest. Leatherwood v. City of Key West, 347 So.2d 441, 442 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977) (citing Gordon v. City of Belle Glade, 132 So.2d 449 (Fla. 2d DCA 1961)). The statute of limitations for actions based on false arrest is four years. § 95.11(3)(o), Fla. Stat. (2010). Measuring from the date of the arrest, the…