MURRAY v. WAL-MART, INC.

No. 88-2272.

874 F.2d 555 (1989)

Mary MURRAY, Appellee, v. WAL-MART, INC.; Earnest Harris, individually and as manager of Wal-Mart, Inc.; Wayne Huggs, individually known and as assistant manager of Wal-Mart, Inc.; Dana Elliot, individually and as agent of Wal-Mart, Inc.; Joe Emmett, individually and as employee of Wal-Mart, Inc.; Randy Snipes, individually and as police officer of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas; Mary Ann Lamp, individually and as police officer of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas; B. Morris, individually and as police officer of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas; Unknown named male jailer of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas, individually and as officer of Blytheville, Arkansas; Tosha Bouser of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas, individually and as officer of Blytheville, Arkansas; City of Blytheville, Arkansas, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donn Mixon, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellants.

Samuel Turner, Jr., West Memphis, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and GUNN, District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Wal-Mart challenges the district court's1 judgment for the plaintiff, Mary Murray. Murray sued Wal-Mart and the City of Blytheville for malicious prosection, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), after she was detained and prosecuted for shoplifting in a Wal-Mart store. The City agreed to a settlement after completion of the plaintiff's case-in-chief. The suit...

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