· 5/27/1983
Ortiz v. County of Hampden
Citations
- 449 N.E.2d 1227
- 16 Mass. App. Ct. 138
- 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1350
How courts have described this case
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- holding that plaintiffs false imprisonment claim is not barred by § 10(c
- reversing the dismissal of the plaintiffs negligence count where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s negligent record-keeping resulted in his arrest and imprisonment under a facially valid warrant
- allowing a falsely imprisoned plaintiff to bring a suit alleging negligent record-keeping
- plaintiff’s action alleging negligent record-keeping by the County, which resulted in the issuance of a default warrant for the plaintiff, did not arise out of the resulting false imprisonment
- false imprisonment consists of unlawful confinement by force or threat
- \false imprisonment requires unlawful confinement by force or threat\
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Judges: Brown, Rose, Dreben
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