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SAFEWAY STORES, INC. v. KELLY

Nos. 80-474, 80-659 and 80-686.

448 A.2d 856 (1982)

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Appellant, v. George I. KELLY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Fallon, Washington, D. C., with whom Arthur B. Hanson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Vincent Nappo, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury finding of liability against Safeway Stores, Inc., for assault and battery, and false arrest arising from the actions of a security guard working at a Safeway grocery store. Appellant contends that it is not liable in respondeat superior for these actions and that in any event probable cause existed for the arrest of appellee.1 Preliminarily, we hold that Safeway is vicariously liable...

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