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holding that probable cause is a complete bar to an action for false arrest under Florida law
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No. 3D00-615.
Opinion filed January 24, 2001.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Ronald M. Friedman, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 93-16314.
Affirmed.
Stabinski Funt; Robert E. Weisberg and Kimberly A. McCoy, for appellants.
Robert A. Ginsberg, County Attorney, and James J. Allen, Assistant County Attorney, for appellees.
Before Jorgenson, Goderich and Shevin, JJ.
We affirm the summary judgment in the County's favor on plaintiffs' false arrest/false imprisonment claims. "The record clearly shows, without material dispute, that the police officers had probable cause to arrest [plaintiffs]." Medard v. Miami-Dade County, 769 So.2d 1127, 1127 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Bolanos v. Metropolitan Dade County, 677 So.2d 1005 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). "Since probable cause is a complete bar to an action for false arrest and false imprisonment, summary judgment was properly entered in the County's favor." Bolanos, 677 So.2d at 1005 (citations omitted).