Arceneaux v. Copes

GUIDRY, Judge.

This suit for malicious prosecution arose out of an incident which occurred on December 14, 1983, when plaintiff, Mrs. Jeanette W. Arceneaux, was arrested for shoplifting by the Lafayette City Police at the local Wal-Mart store. The trial court, in written reasons for judgment, found that plaintiff had established by a preponderance of the evidence the concurrent presence of the six necessary elements for successfully prosecuting a suit for malicious prosecution. Accordingly, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiffs (husband and wife) in the total sum of…