Plaintiff spent an additional eight days in jail after his criminal charges were dismissed. Plaintiff filed suit against the district attorney and others, alleging they were responsible for his delayed release. The district court denied the prosecutor’s motion to dismiss ...

Tagged with: Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity False Imprisonment Qualified Immunity

Where a defendant challenged his conviction for felonious restraint, arguing that the trial court plainly erred in failing to sua sponte instruct the jury on the nested, lesser-included offense of false imprisonment, the judgment is affirmed because defense counsel did ...

Tagged with: False Imprisonment Lesser-Included Offense

Defendant appealed the denial of her motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaints. Defendant, a local police officer who had been deputized as part of a federal sex-trafficking investigation, was alleged to have exaggerated or fabricated facts against plaintiffs, which resulted in ...

Tagged with: Deputized Federal Officer Liability False Imprisonment Falsification of Investigation

After making a purchase at a home supply store, plaintiff refused to let store employees, pursuant to posted store policy, inspect the trunk of his vehicle. The incident escalated into plaintiff calling the police. Plaintiff and his wife later filed ...

Tagged with: civil rights False Imprisonment Qualified Immunity Store-Policy Customer Inspection

Barkley v. McKeever Enterprises, Inc. (MLW No. 67473/Case No. SC94253 – 37 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Russell, C.J., Breckenridge, and Fischer, JJ., concur; Stith., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion; Draper and Teitelman, JJ., concur in opinion of Stith, J.)

Tagged with: False Imprisonment Torts

A defense verdict reached in Jackson County may have validated Missouri’s private bail system.

Tagged with: defense verdict False Imprisonment Verdicts & Settlements

Meehan v. Thompson (MLW No. 66797/Case No. 13-2690 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

Tagged with: civil rights False Imprisonment Qualified Immunity

A Jackson County jury found in favor of the owner of a bail bonds company whose agents allegedly used a Taser on a man’s groin while improperly searching his home.

Tagged with: Battery False Imprisonment Jackson County Circuit Court Trespass Verdicts & Settlements

A man shoved to the floor and handcuffed by private security officers at a state office building in Kansas City won $1.3 million from a jury.

Tagged with: Battery False Imprisonment Jackson County Circuit Court Verdicts & Settlements

Ulrich v. Pope County (MLW No. 65012/Case No. 12-2813 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Holmes, J.)

Tagged with: civil rights False Imprisonment Fourth Amendment Qualified Immunity