GIBBS v. BLOCKBUSTER, INC.

No. ED 93205.

318 S.W.3d 157 (2010)

William J. GIBBS, Respondent, v. BLOCKBUSTER, INC., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 29, 2010.

Application for Transfer Denied September 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Williams, Jr. , Lisa A. Larkin , Patrick I. Chavez , Kevin J. Rejent , Jennifer C. Hansen , Williams Venker & Sanders LLC, and Booker T. Shaw , Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Joseph R. Dulle , Sam J. Alton , Jeremy A. Salvatori , Stone, Leyton & Gershman, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Respondent.


KURT S. ODENWALD, Presiding Judge.

Introduction

Blockbuster, Inc. (Blockbuster) appeals from the trial court's judgment, entered pursuant to the jury's verdict, in favor of William Gibbs (Gibbs) in Gibbs's action against Blockbuster for false imprisonment. The jury found Blockbuster liable for false imprisonment after Gibbs spent four months in jail as the result of statements made by one or more Blockbuster employees to the police. Gibbs was awarded...

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