García Calderón v. Galiñanes Hermanos, Inc.

In Rodríguez v. Waterman Dock Co., 78 P.R.R. 702, 705 (1955), we said that one of the essential elements of an action for damages for false imprisonment1 is that the restraint of the plaintiff’s freedom shall have been the result of the acts of the defendant advising, inducing, instigating, or requesting the filing of proceedings which will cause the privation of such freedom. The fact alone of furnishing information to a public-peace officer — judge, district, attorney, or policeman— on certain facts does not constitute, by itself, the instigation which is essential as an element of the…