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CHELETTE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 87-1059.

535 So.2d 558 (1988)

Sally Maddox CHELETTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., et al, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Terrell, Jr., Pineville, for defendants-appellants.

Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Paul Boudreaux, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, LABORDE and KING, JJ.

STOKER, Judge.

This is a suit for false imprisonment. Plaintiff filed suit against Wal-Mart and its security officer, Guy Ritchie Clayton, Jr., for damages caused by her detention for suspicion of shoplifting without reasonable cause. The trial court denied Wal-Mart's motion for summary judgment, and after a trial on the merits held Wal-Mart liable to plaintiff for $1,500 plus interest and costs to compensate plaintiff for her embarrassment and humiliation. Wal-Mart...

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