MONTGOMERY WARD v. WILSON

No. 135, September Term, 1994.

339 Md. 701 (1995)

MONTGOMERY WARD ET AL. v. FRANCES WILSON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied November 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Kaiser (McCarthy, Bacon & Costello, all on brief), Lanham, for petitioners.

E. Gregory Lardieri, Greenbelt, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to review the rulings by the courts below concerning the torts of malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, as well as the requirements for the allowability of punitive damages in malicious prosecution and false imprisonment actions.

I.

Frances Wilson filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County against Montgomery Ward Stores and one of its "Loss Prevention Managers...

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