ALLEN v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 14747.

409 So.2d 1268 (1982)

Dempsey ALLEN and Merlie Sue Prisock Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Granted March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Miller, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wilkinson & Carmody by Arthur R. Carmody, Jr., Mayer, Smith & Roberts by A. J. Gregory, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Merlie Allen and her husband Dempsey, appeal a summary judgment rejecting their demands for medical expenses and general damages suffered by Mrs. Allen after she was stopped exiting a Sears, Roebuck & Company store because her passage activated a shoplifting detection device. The defendants are Sears, Roebuck & Company, Palais Royal, Inc., and Federal Insurance Company, Palais Royal's insurer.

Sears' motion for summary...

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