To prove liability for false imprisonment, a plaintiff should establish that a defendant either intended to cause the confinement or had knowledge that the confinement was substantially certain to result from his or her actions. A West Palm Beach intentional torts lawyer will help you in proving that the defendant's actions constituted a tort for false imprisonment by subjecting you as a plaintiff to complete restraint. The restraint of the plaintiff must be unreasonable and not warranted by the circumstances. It may be caused by actual force or by threat, and the threat may be by conduct or by words. The confinement of the plaintiff does not need to be in a jail or prison. The plaintiff does not need to demonstrate that the defendant was prompted by malicious motives or that the defendant was the party who previously took the plaintiff into custody. However, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant's actions directly and in a natural and continuous sequence produced or contributed substantially to producing the restraint, so that it can reasonably be assumed that but for those acts the restraint would not have occurred.

All those who, by direct act or indirect procurement, proximately caused the plaintiff's false imprisonment and unlawful detention are liable for it. For example, if a person maliciously supplied false information that resulted in a plaintiff's arrest, the plaintiff may have a cause of action for false imprisonment. However, merely providing information to the authorities that a violation of law occurred is not sufficient to support an action for false arrest. If a private citizen makes an honest, good faith mistake in reporting an incident, the mere fact that the communication to a law enforcement officer may have caused the plaintiff's arrest does not make the citizen liable when he or she did not in fact request the detention.

If you believe that you have a cause of action for false imprisonment call the experienced West Palm Beach intentional torts lawyers of Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. at 1-800-74-TRIAL.