Williams v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for false arrest and false imprisonment, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), dated May 11, 1992, which, upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The finding of probable cause to arrest the plaintiff was not against the weight of the evidence. A tenant in the plaintiff’s building identified the plaintiff to the police as the landlord who had locked him out of his apartment. Despite the urgings of the police officers, the…