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BETTS v. JONES

No. COA09-1572.

702 S.E.2d 100 (2010)

Barry Thomas BETTS, Plaintiff, v. Regina Ann JONES, Joseph L. Glover, Enterprise Leasing Company SE, Inc. and Lowe's Foods, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney C. Mason , Asheboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, by Richard A. Coughlin and Elizabeth Brooks Scherer , Raleigh, and Burton & Sue LLP, by Gary K. Sue , Greensboro, for defendant-appellee Lowe's Foods, Inc.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Lowe's Foods employees had the right to apprehend an observed shoplifter. Plaintiff failed to show that Lowe's Foods employees took any additional action to increase the likelihood of harm to plaintiff in apprehending the shoplifter. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of Lowe's Foods, Inc.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 1 October 2005, Lionel Hensley...

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