CURRY v. GIANT FOOD CO. OF D.C.

No. 83-460.

522 A.2d 1283 (1987)

Oliver E. CURRY, et al., Appellants, v. GIANT FOOD COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Cadeaux, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Edward J. Lopata, with whom David P. Durbin and Kathy S. Tyson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

William Carter, Washington, D.C., also filed an appearance.

Before FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


REILLY, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in an action brought by Oliver Curry (appellant) in which he sought to recover damages from Giant Food and four of its security personnel for what he asserted was an unlawful arrest and assault for attempted shoplifting. According to his three-count complaint, the conduct of the individual defendants, viz., Shirley Cumberlander, Karl DeVaughn, Alexander Belton, and Louis Moses, and their...

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