Robbins v. City of Miami Beach

Robbins commenced this action in 1986 for false arrest, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He sought to establish that post-1982 acts of harassment by Miami Beach police officers were in retaliation for his 1979 complaint against another officer which led to a disciplinary action. The trial court ruled that because the statute of limitations would bar a cause of action based on facts which predated 1982, the facts of that incident were inadmissible as evidence to prove a separate non-barred cause of action. The court also failed to give a requested…