Schleicher v. Western State Bank of Devils Lake

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

John C. Schleicher appealed from a summary judgment granted to Western State Bank by the district court, Ramsey County. We affirm.

Schleicher brought this action against Western State Bank (hereinafter “Bank”) after he was arrested for theft of property. Schleicher claimed $650,300 damages for malicious prosecution; defamation, libel, and slander; intentional infliction of emotional distress; invasion of privacy; return of proceeds of the check he was alleged to have forged; and punitive damages.

The facts are that Schleicher picked up a hitchhiker in Grand Forks and gave…