Salman v. Lodge, 303 A.D.2d 923

—Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Niagara County (Fricano, J.), entered February 15, 2002, which granted ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‍defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion to ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‍dismiss the complaint, which alleges false arrest. A cause of action for false arrest accrues when the confinement terminates (see Kramer v Herrera, 176 AD2d 1241 [1991]; Boose v City of Rochester, 71 AD2d 59, 64-65 [1979]). The ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‍record establishes that plaintiff was arrested on August 21, 2000 for theft of services, based on his alleged refusal to pay for a room at defendant hotel that his family had occupied ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‍for several hours. Plaintiff was released from police custody on August 22, *9242000 but did not commence this action until October 15, 2001. Thus, this action is time-barred (see CPLR 215 [3]; Boose,. 71 AD2d 59 [1979]), and we ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‍need not reach any other issues. Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Pine, Wisner, Kehoe and Gorski, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: Salman v. Lodge

Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date Published: Mar 21, 2003

Citations: 303 A.D.2d 923; 755 N.Y.S.2d 678; 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2788

Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.