TORTS-FALSE IMPRISONMENT-PUBLIC NUISANCE-LIABILITY FOR DOUBLE PARKING

Authors

James I. Huston S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Defendant had unlawfully double parked his car, thereby blocking plaintiffs' car which was parked at the curb. Plaintiffs sued for $25, alleging only discomfort and inconvenience as their damage. Defendant moved for judgment on the pleading. Held, the complaint states a good cause of action on a public nuisance theory. Harnik v. Levine, Municipal Court of City of New York, 106 N.Y.S. (2d) 460 (1951).

Recommended Citation

James I. Huston S.Ed., TORTS-FALSE IMPRISONMENT-PUBLIC NUISANCE-LIABILITY FOR DOUBLE PARKING, 50 Mich. L. Rev. 1122 (1952).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol50/iss7/22