Firm Update No. 2025-10本所动态 2025-10 号
In re Claim for Malicious Prosecution Against the City of New York: A Six-Figure Settlement After a Reversed Prosecution诉纽约市恶意起诉索赔案：刑事追诉被推翻后取得六位数和解
- Practice领域
- Civil Litigation民事诉讼
- Jurisdiction管辖
- Supreme Court, Queens County纽约州最高法院皇后区分院
- Our role本所角色
- Counsel to the plaintiff原告律师
- Status进展
- Settled; discontinued with prejudice July 2025已和解；2025年7月附既判效力撤诉
IFacts事实
The client, a Queens resident, was the defendant in a criminal prosecution that lasted roughly six years and ended in 2021, when the Appellate Term reversed. A notice of claim was filed with the New York City Comptroller in 2021. In July 2022 the firm commenced an action against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department in Supreme Court, Queens County, seeking damages for malicious prosecution.客户是皇后区居民，曾在一宗刑事追诉中作为被告，该案历时约六年，至2021年经上诉庭（Appellate Term）推翻而结束。2021年已向纽约市主计长提交索赔通知。2022年7月，本所代表客户在纽约州最高法院皇后区分院起诉纽约市及纽约市警察局，就恶意起诉索赔。
The case proceeded through a preliminary conference order in March 2024 and a compliance conference order in August 2024.案件于2024年3月作出初步会议裁定，2024年8月作出合规会议裁定。
IIQuestions Presented争议问题
(1) Does the end of a prosecution by reversal on appeal satisfy the favorable-termination element of malicious prosecution? (2) How do the notice-of-claim and limitations rules for claims against the City apply to a tort that accrues only when the prosecution ends? (3) How should the presumption of probable cause shape the valuation of the claim?（一）刑事追诉经上诉推翻而结束，是否满足恶意起诉中“有利终结”要件？（二）对纽约市的索赔通知及时效规则，如何适用于在追诉终结时才产生的侵权诉权？（三）可能存在的“合理根据”推定，应如何影响索赔的估值？
IIIRelevant Law相关法律
Broughton v. State of New York, 37 N.Y.2d 451 (1975): elements of malicious prosecution; probable cause; actual malice; rebuttable presumption of probable causeBroughton v. State of New York, 37 N.Y.2d 451 (1975)：恶意起诉构成要件；合理根据；实际恶意；可反驳的合理根据推定
Smith-Hunter v. Harvey, 95 N.Y.2d 191 (2000): favorable termination; disposition not inconsistent with innocenceSmith-Hunter v. Harvey, 95 N.Y.2d 191 (2000)：有利终结；与无罪不相矛盾的处分
Cantalino v. Danner, 96 N.Y.2d 391 (2001): favorable termination; dismissal in the interest of justiceCantalino v. Danner, 96 N.Y.2d 391 (2001)：有利终结；为司法利益之撤诉
Thompson v. Clark, 596 U.S. 36 (2022): Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution; favorable termination; termination without convictionThompson v. Clark, 596 U.S. 36 (2022)：第四修正案恶意起诉；有利终结；未经定罪而终结
42 U.S.C. § 1983: civil rights action; color of state law; federal analogue42 U.S.C. § 1983：民权诉讼；州法名义；联邦对应诉因
N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law §§ 50-e, 50-i: notice of claim; condition precedent; limitations period of one year and ninety days; accrualN.Y. Gen. Mun. Law §§ 50-e, 50-i：索赔通知；起诉前提条件；一年九十日诉讼时效；诉因产生
CPLR 3217: voluntary discontinuance; stipulation of discontinuanceCPLR 3217：自愿撤诉；撤诉协议
IVDisposition结果
The City agreed to a six-figure settlement. Stipulations of settlement and of discontinuance with prejudice were filed in July 2025, and the action was marked disposed.纽约市同意六位数和解。和解协议及附既判效力的撤诉协议已于2025年7月提交法院，案件标记为结案。
Client details are withheld to protect confidentiality. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.为保护客户隐私，相关信息已隐去。过往结果不保证类似案件的结果。