TURNER v. HUDSON SALVAGE, INC.

No. 96-CA-00354-SCT.

709 So.2d 425 (1998)

Martha A. TURNER v. HUDSON SALVAGE, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Wells, Rushing & Guice, Biloxi, for Appellant.

Rodney D. Robinson, Allen Vaughn Cobb & Hood, Gulfport, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and BANKS and McRAE, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal challenges the granting of a summary judgment for the appellee store whose employee stopped and detained the appellant customer after another employee had previously questioned the appellant about a shoplifting accusation and found it to be false. We conclude that the second stop and detention by the appellee's employee was not immune from liability under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-95 (1994). Thus...

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