Mendez v. Blackburn

PIERCE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Sylvia Mendez and Aristides Perez Mendez, plaintiffs in the Court below, from a final summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Ed Blackburn, Jr., former sheriff of Hillsbor-ough County, Florida, hereinafter called the Sheriff.

Plaintiffs sued the Sheriff in the Hills-borough County Circuit Court for money damages for injuries allegedly received as a result of false arrest, malicious prosecution, assault and battery, etc. Deputy Sheriffs William R. Weldon and David W. Mount were also named as defendants but they were never served, since deputy Mount was…