Alexis Cabrales v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal reversed a final summary judgment entered for Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. on claims for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution. The court held that the summary judgment evidence revealed a genuine dispute of material fact concerning Home Depot's asserted shopkeeper immunity defense and remanded for further proceedings.

Holdings

1. Final summary judgment was improper because the summary-judgment evidence left a genuine dispute as to a material fact.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court properly entered final summary judgment for Home Depot on Cabrales's claims for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution.
2. Whether Home Depot established that no genuine dispute of material fact existed regarding its shopkeeper-immunity affirmative defense.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded