WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. MITCHELL

No. 92-CA-003077-MR.

877 S.W.2d 616 (1994)

WAL-MART STORES, INC. and Rick Jackson, Appellants, v. Janice MITCHELL, as Mother and Next Friend of Kevin Blackburn, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford B. Latta, Latta & Brown, Prestonsburg, for appellants.

Jerry A. Patton, Prestonsburg, for appellees.

Before: HUDDLESTON, JOHNSON and McDONALD, JJ.


HUDDLESTON, Judge.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Rick Jackson, an employee in its Prestonburg store, seek review of a Floyd Circuit Court judgment, based upon a jury verdict, which awarded Kevin Blackburn $30,000.00 in compensatory damages for false imprisonment. We find no error and affirm.

On August 6, 1990, Blackburn, then fourteen years of age, entered the Wal-Mart Store in Prestonburg to purchase a set of three arrows for his archery ensemble. After paying...

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