The action was properly dismissed upon plaintiff's trial testimony that his leg was broken when he was tackled from behind, without warning, by a security guard employed by defendant retail store, after he exited the store at a rapid pace with a stolen "boom box" knowing that he might be stopped or chased. Nothing in plaintiff's testimony indicates that he would have heeded a warning to stop, and the guard's use of force admittedly stopped once plaintiff hit the ground (...
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