Fair Debt Collection: 15.7.1a False Imprisonment
A false arrest or false imprisonment claim may be viable if a creditor or collector wrongfully restricts the debtor’s freedom of motion in some way483 or causes the debtor to be arrested.484 The elements of false imprisonment are an act intended to confine the plaintiff, which results directly or indirectly in confinement, and that plaintiff is aware of the confinement or is injured by it.