Court: Prosecutor to pay $50k for filing lawsuit

Published March 29, 2013 10:15pm ET



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California prosecutor must pay the attorney fees of a bank she sued after she was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday tossed out Sharon Henry’s lawsuit, saying Bank of America employees called the police out of a reasonable belief that the San Mateo County deputy district attorney was trying to cash a bad check.

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