Court Opinion

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Banke, Chief Judge,
concurring specially.
Regardless of what the law of Ohio may be, in Georgia “ ‘there can be no such tort as a negligent false imprisonment which of itself makes the defendant liable without proof of the invasion of some interest other than the bare interest in freedom from confinement.’ ” Stewart v. Williams, 243 Ga. 580 (1), 581-582 (255 SE2d 699) (1979), *351quoting from 1 Harper & James, The Law of Torts, § 3.7, p. 228 (1956). This court’s recent decision in Division 3 of Oden & Sims Used Cars v. Thurman, 165 Ga. App. 500 (301 SE2d 673) (1983), clearly purports to hold otherwise, and to that extent it should be overruled. (Although the plaintiffs in the Oden & Sims case may indeed have had a cause of action, that cause of action was not for simple negligence but for false imprisonment, based on the defendants’ wanton and reckless disregard of the consequences of their failure to rescind a stolen car report which one of them had mistakenly made to police with respect to a car the plaintiff had purchased.)
Decided March 13, 1985
Rehearing denied March 29, 1985
Frank K. Martin, for appellant.
Richard Y. Bradley, for appellee.
If the majority truly believes that a plaintiff may recover damages in this state from one who negligently but in good faith gives information to police which results in his arrest and confinement, then logic dictates that it should affirm rather than reverse the denial of the bank’s motion for summary judgment with regard to Baggett’s claim of negligence in the present case. Instead, by reaffirming the Oden & Sims decision but denying Baggett the right to present his negligence claim to a jury, the majority appears to be saying one thing while doing another.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Deen and Judge Carley join in this special concurrence.