MARLOWE v. PINER

No. 945SC691.

458 S.E.2d 220 (1995)

119 N.C. App. 125

Darlene H. MARLOWE and Shubbin Letha Landen, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. Deputy Sheriff J.B. PINER, (Individually and in his Official Capacity), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson & Rivenbark by Bruce H. Jackson, Jr. and M. Troy Slaughter, Wilmington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Van Camp, West, Hayes & Meacham, P.A. by Thomas M. Van Camp, Pinehurst, for defendant-appellee.


LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages alleged to have resulted from their false arrest and imprisonment by defendant. The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment, and plaintiffs appeal.

On 18 March 1992 at approximately 7:30 p.m., defendant, a deputy with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department, responded to a call regarding a "mental subject." Defendant met with Doanie Walston, the husband of the "mental...

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