GIANT FOOD, INC. v. SCHERRY

No. 1258, September Term, 1981.

51 Md. App. 586 (1982)

444 A.2d 483

GIANT FOOD, INC. v. GERALDINE SCHERRY ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Durbin, with whom were Robert W. Goodson and Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits on the brief, for appellant.

Sue Ann Mahaffey, with whom were Bulman, Dunie, Freeman, Burke & Feld on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before LISS and WILNER, JJ., and CLAYTON C. CARTER, Associate Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


WILNER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant employed William Joyner as an armed security guard to protect its store located in the Blair Plaza Shopping Center in Silver Spring. On the evening of November 11, 1978, while on duty, Joyner observed a man brandish a pistol and rob one of appellant's cashiers. He allowed the robber to leave the store, and began to pursue him across the parking lot.

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