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Stowe v. Harry Winston, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 17, 1994
201 A.D.2d 391 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

February 17, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.).


Where, as here, an identification supplied probable cause for an arrest pursuant to a warrant, tort liability for malicious prosecution may be grounded upon defendant's knowledge and the absence of a reasonable basis for its belief in accused's guilt when it made the identification, not what the police reasonably believed in reliance upon the identification (see, Heller v Ingber, 134 A.D.2d 733, 734-735).

The trial court properly determined that the issues of Jerald Ratikoff's knowledge and the reasonableness of his beliefs in Mr. Stowe's guilt are sufficiently contested, and therefore, warrant a trial on the merits (see, Munoz v. City of New York, 18 N.Y.2d 6, 11-12).

Similarly, whether defendant commenced the prior criminal proceeding to further punish the plaintiff for a separate crime committed against it in New York, rather than a desire to see the ends of justice met as to the Boston robbery, is sufficiently contested to warrant trial (see, Nardelli v. Stamberg, 44 N.Y.2d 500, 502-503).

Finally, we agree with the trial court that the credibility of Jerald Ratikoff's deposition testimony to the contrary should be determined by a jury.

Concur — Carro, J.P., Wallach, Ross, Rubin and Williams, JJ.


Summaries of

Stowe v. Harry Winston, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 17, 1994
201 A.D.2d 391 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

Stowe v. Harry Winston, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:GARY STOWE et al., Respondents, v. HARRY WINSTON, INC., Appellant, and…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Feb 17, 1994

Citations

201 A.D.2d 391 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
607 N.Y.S.2d 340

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