context: Haaf also contends that Pennsylvania recognizes a cause of action for the negligent procurement of criminal proceedings.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: upholding a verdict against defendant for negligently causing plaintiff's arrest and subsequent five day incarceration after plaintiff had followed defendant's erroneous instructions regarding local tax laws
citation_a.sentence: See Motheral v. Burkhart, 400 Pa.Super. 408, 583 A.2d 1180 (1990) (noting that, in order for a plaintiff to prevail in such an action, he/she would have to allege a duty owed, a breach of the duty, and a causal relationship between the negligence and the bringing of criminal proceedings); see also Little v. York County Earned Income Tax Bureau, 333 Pa.Super. 8, 481 A.2d 1194 (1984) (upholding a verdict against defendant for negligently causing plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent five day incarceration after plaintiff had followed defendant’s erroneous instructions regarding local tax laws).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that, in order for a plaintiff to prevail in such an action, he/she would have to allege a duty owed, a breach of the duty, and a causal relationship between the negligence and the bringing of criminal proceedings
citation_b.sentence: See Motheral v. Burkhart, 400 Pa.Super. 408, 583 A.2d 1180 (1990) (noting that, in order for a plaintiff to prevail in such an action, he/she would have to allege a duty owed, a breach of the duty, and a causal relationship between the negligence and the bringing of criminal proceedings); see also Little v. York County Earned Income Tax Bureau, 333 Pa.Super. 8, 481 A.2d 1194 (1984) (upholding a verdict against defendant for negligently causing plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent five day incarceration after plaintiff had followed defendant’s erroneous instructions regarding local tax laws).