WOODWARD & LOTHROP v. HILLARY

Nos. 89-994, 89-1082.

598 A.2d 1142 (1991)

WOODWARD & LOTHROP, et al., Appellants, v. Carnell HILLARY, Appellee. Carnell HILLARY, Appellant, v. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Morrison, Rockville, Md., for appellants/cross-appellees.

Metcalfe C. King, Washington, D.C., for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FARRELL, Associate Judge, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Woodward & Lothrop, which operates a downtown department store (among others), and Dwayne Wigfall and Earl Sellers, two security guards employed by the store, appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Carnell Hillary on Hillary's tort claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery, and conversion, and his claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1989) for violation of his civil rights. Contesting the judgment on the constitutional...

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