LIOTTA v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

2015-11158, Index No. 9849/11.

157 A.D.3d 781 (2018)

66 N.Y.S.3d 899

2018 NY Slip Op 00284

JAMES LIOTTA, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided January 17, 2018.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for false arrest and false imprisonment after he was arrested for violating an order of protection that had been granted to his former wife. The defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and the Supreme Court granted the motion. The plaintiff appeals.

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