Burns v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jacobson, J.), dated September 23, 2003, which granted the motion of the defendants City of New York and New York City Police Department for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A plaintiff cannot prevail on causes of action based upon false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution if the police officers had probable cause to…
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