BIG B, INC. v. COTTINGHAM

1920746.

634 So.2d 999 (1993)

BIG B, INC. v. Katherine COTTINGHAM.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Smith of Smith, Spires & Peddy and Larry W. Harper of Porterfield, Harper & Mills, Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Lee Pittman and Nat Bryan of Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton & Hollis, P.C., Birmingham, and Bud Turner, Anniston, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

Katherine Cottingham sued Big B, Inc., and one of its assistant store managers, Gary Vaughn. Cottingham sought to recover compensatory and punitive damages from Vaughn for false imprisonment and assault and battery (her assault and battery claim was based on allegations that Vaughn forced her to engage in a sex act with him) and from Big B based on the doctrine of respondeat superior. She also alleged that Big B had negligently or wantonly trained...

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