Legal Opinion
Ervans v. The City of Venice, Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 10, 2015No. 2D14-1632PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRENSHAW, Judge.
Larry M. Ervans filed a civil action against the City of Venice and Howard Dunn, a police officer employed by the City, seeking damages for false arrest and false imprisonment. He now appeals an order dismissing his claims with prejudice. Because the facts pleaded in the complaint do not conclusively establish that the claims are barred by the statute of limitations, we reverse.
In his complaint, filed in the circuit court on April 24, 2013, Ervans alleged that Dunn arrested him on February 3, 2009, based on false information that Dunn failed to investigate and that Dunn “had…
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