Fortunato v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution, the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kurtz, J.), dated March 13, 2008, as denied those branches of its motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the causes of action alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Probable cause to believe that a person committed a crime is a complete defense to claims of false arrest and malicious prosecution (see Gisondi…
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