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MILLER v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 96-2529.

219 Wis.2d 250 (1998)

580 N.W.2d 233

Stanley K. MILLER and Deborah D. Miller, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs (in the Supreme Court) by Thomas R. Thibodeau, Jerome D. Feriancek and Johnson, Killen, Thibodeau and Seiler, P.A., Duluth, MN and oral argument by Joseph J. Roby, Jr. and Jerome D. Feriancek.

For the plaintiffs-respondents there were briefs (in the Supreme Court) by Forrest O. Maki, Robert R. Kanuit and Weiby, Maki, Durst, Ledin, Bick & Lehr, S.C., Superior and oral argument by Robert R. Kanuit.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Mark K. Thomsen and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield for Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Beth Rahmig Pless and Denissen, Kranzush, Mahoney & Ewald, S.C., Green Bay for Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) appeals from the circuit court's entry of judgment of a jury verdict awarding Stanley K. Miller (Miller) $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Three Wal-Mart employees stopped and detained Miller because they suspected him of shoplifting. Miller filed this action, claiming that Wal-Mart unlawfully stopped, detained, interrogated, and searched him. The jury determined that Wal-Mart was negligent...

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