Travis Trammell, Appellant v. Linda Marlene Wright, Appellee

Summary

The court held that Officer Trammell did not commit the intentional torts of false arrest or false imprisonment as a matter of law because he relied on identification information confirmed by dispatch and had no facts indicating an intentional unlawful detention. Because Wright alleged only intentional torts, the court did not reach Trammell's broader argument that statutory immunity covers intentional torts, but it reversed the denial of immunity summary judgment and remanded. Justice Hart, dissenting, would have affirmed because the pleadings alleged an arrest without legal authority and the majority improperly resolved factual and merits issues on an interlocutory immunity appeal; Special Justice Gardner concurred in the result but would have applied immunity based on Trammell's good-faith and reasonable conduct.