Legal Opinion
Dunn v. Felty
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2007No. 2005-SC-000295-DGPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice McANULTY.
This appeal involves an issue of first impression in Kentucky: when does the statute of limitations begin to run against an arrestee’s claim for false imprisonment or false arrest? The trial court dismissed Tracey J. Dunn’s claim of false imprisonment on the basis that it was barred by the applicable statute of limitations because Dunn filed his lawsuit more than a year after the arrest. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Because we conclude that the prevailing view among the jurisdictions — which is that the statute of limitations begins to run against an…
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