CLYDE E. LEWIS, APPELLANT,

v.

WALTER R. HARPER AND HELEN A. ULICH, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (38 total)

• City OF Miami v. Roce Simpson, 172 So. 2d 435 (Fla. 1965)
  …Court properly applied the Hargrove concept in sustaining municipal liability for intentional torts committed by employees acting within the scope of their employment. In 1960, the same court had ruled similarly in City of Miami v. Albro, Fla.App., 120 So. 2d 23. Indeed we, ourselves, had given pointed indication of the same view when in Har-grove we mentioned with approval the dissents in City of Miami v. Bethel, Fla., 65 So. 2d 34. The dissenting justices there would have held the city liable for an inten…
• City OF Miami v. Sanders, 672 So. 2d 46 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
  …smissed, 492 So. 2d 1333 (Fla.1986). A battery claim for excessive force is analyzed by focusing upon whether the amount of force used was reasonable under the circumstances. Dixon v. State, 101 Fla. 840, 132 So. 684 (1931); City of Miami v. Albro, 120 So. 2d 23 (Fla.3d DCA 1960); Hutchinson v. Lott, 110 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 115 So. 2d 415 (Fla.1959). Law enforcement officers are provided a complete defense to an excessive use of force claim where an officer “reasonably believes [the for…
• Jacquelyn Hennagan v. Dep't of Hwy. Safety & Motor Vehicles, 467 So. 2d 748 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985)
  …that term has been interpreted in the private and public sectors. For example, the use of excessive force by an officer in effecting an arrest may render the public employer liable for the intentional torts inflicted thereby. City of Miami v. Albro, 120 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); City of Miami v. Jiminez, 266 So. 2d 46 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972); City of Miami v. Graham, 311 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), cert. denied, 330 So. 2d 17 (Fla.1976); City of Jacksonville v. Walton, 318 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). T…

Authorities Cited

• Cloud v. Fallis, 110 So. 2d 669 (Fla. 1959)
• Cloud v. Fallis, 107 So. 2d 264 (Fla. 2d DCA 1958)