Meerbrey v. Marshall Field & Co.

Kenneth A. Meerbrey (plaintiff) brought suit against defendants Marshall Field & Company (Marshall Field) and its agent, Tim Marcolini (Marcolini), for injunctive relief and damages for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution. The circuit court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss Marshall Field from counts II through V of plaintiff’s second-amended complaint 1 pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2 — 619). The court also struck Marcolini’s name from counts III through V pursuant to section 2 — 615 of…