Walsh v. Taylor

This case arises from the underlying arrest and detention of plaintiff Stanley T. Walsh by defendant law enforcement officers Robert Taylor and Richard Margosian on a charge that plaintiff solicited the purchase of illegal drugs. A magistrate later dismissed the charge. Defendant Taylor appeals as of right the circuit court’s order denying his motion for summary disposition premised on governmental immunity. We reverse.

I

Taylor first argues that the circuit court erred by denying his motion for summary disposition of plaintiffs state law tort claims of false arrest and imprisonment, malicious…