QUESTION
Can I sue a police officer for wrongfully accusing me?
Asked on Sep 04th, 2013 on Litigation - Georgia
More details to this question:
A police officer went to my house today and was looking for a woman with the same last name as me. This woman got into a car accident. When the police saw my car, that gave them a bigger assumption that I was the woman they were looking for. I showed them my Identification card and the officers insisted that I changed my identity. The officers were pressuring me to say that I was the person they were looking for. They suspended my drivers license. They were about to tow away my car. Then they told me to wait for a letter in the mail. The day before this I received a phone call looking for the woman they thought I was.
3 ANSWERS
Michael J. Breczinski
Get a lawyer. Get your car back. Maybe you can sue but I would need more details.
Answered on Sep 06th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Thomas Edward Gates
While you could sue, the outcome is that it will cost you more to do so than what you will get back.
Answered on Sep 05th, 2013 at 3:59 PM
Police have good faith immunity from suit, so as long as they had plausible reasons for doing what they did, the fact that it may turn out they were wrong is not likely to be actionable.
Answered on Sep 05th, 2013 at 3:57 PM