Jaworski v. City of Opa Locka

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals a summary final judgment for the defendant, City, in an action brought for an alleged assault by a City policeman. The final judgment appealed was entered prior to the decision in Simpson v. City of Miami, Fla.App. 1963, 155 So.2d 829, which held that a city could be liable for an intentional tort of a police officer. It is apparent from this record that the trial judge entered the summary^ judgment appealed because of a contrary interpretation of Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach, Fla.1957, 96 So.2d 130, 60 A.L.R.2d 1193, and cases construing the…