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Padlo’s v. V.G.’s Food Center, Inc.
Citation:
2005 W.L. 3556245 (E.D. Mich. 2005).Facts
Two females at convenient store, when shop employee hears girls unwrapping merchandise and “looking suspiciously around them.” Floeter requested another employee for help watching the young girls due to this suspicion. Bigham confronted the two girls, who eventually emptied out their pockets of store items, and began to cry.
Bigham phoned the police, who came to the store to conduct an investigation.
While waiting for the police, Bigham, Bay, and Floeter keep Plaintiff and Green inside of manager’s office. Plaintiff attempted to phone her mother while in the office, but Bigham took the phone from her. After the police arrived, the Officer arrested both Plaintiff and Green for retail fraud.
After Plaintiff was found not guilty on charges of retail theft, she commenced a civil action against VG’s Food Center, Inc., store employees, and the officer who arrested her for suspected retail theft. Count One against the Defendants alleged false imprisonment and detainment without requisite legal basis. Count Two alleged battery and assault against Defendants without requisite legal basis.
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