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· 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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