Macdonald v. Town of Greenburgh
| Decision Date | 04 December 2013 |
| Citation | 112 A.D.3d 586,2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 08054,976 N.Y.S.2d 189 |
| Parties | Jodee MacDONALD, respondent, v. TOWN OF GREENBURGH, et al., defendants, Dennis Basulto, etc., appellant. (Appeal No. 1) Jodee MacDonald, respondent, v. Town of Greenburgh, et al., appellants. (Appeal No. 2). |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
112 A.D.3d 586
976 N.Y.S.2d 189
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 08054
Jodee MacDONALD, respondent,
v.
TOWN OF GREENBURGH, et al., defendants,
Dennis Basulto, etc., appellant.
(Appeal No. 1)
Jodee MacDonald, respondent,
v.
Town of Greenburgh, et al., appellants.
(Appeal No. 2).
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Dec. 4, 2013.
[976 N.Y.S.2d 190]
Thomas J. Troetti, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant Dennis Basulto.
Mark A. Siesel, White Plains, N.Y., for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, L. PRISCILLA HALL, and JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and civil rights violations pursuant to 42 USC § 1983, the defendant Dennis Basulto appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered February 3, 2012, as denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him, and (2) an order of the same court, entered June 1, 2012, as, upon reargument, adhered to its original determination in the order entered February 3, 2012, and the defendants Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department appeal from the order entered June 1, 2012.
ORDERED that the appeal by the defendants Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department from the order entered June 1, 2012, is dismissed as abandoned for failure to perfect the same in accordance with the rules of this Court ( see22 NYCRR 670.8[c][e] ); and it is further,
ORDERED that the appeal by the defendant Dennis Basulto from the order entered February 3, 2012, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order entered June 1, 2012, made upon reargument; and it is further,
ORDERED that the order entered June 1, 2012, is affirmed insofar as appealed from by the defendant Dennis Basulto; and it is further,
ORDERED that the plaintiff is awarded one bill of costs, payable by the defendant Dennis Basulto.
Probable cause to believe that a person committed a crime is a complete defense to claims of false arrest and malicious prosecution ( see Fortunato v. City of New York, 63 A.D.3d 880, 882 N.Y.S.2d 195). The existence or absence of probable cause becomes a question of law to be decided by the court only where there is no real dispute as to the facts or the proper inferences to be drawn surrounding the arrest ( see Wyllie v. District Attorney of County of Kings, 2 A.D.3d 714,...
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