K Mart Corp. v. Adamson

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Michele Adamson, brought this action against the appellant, K Mart Corporation, to recover damages for false arrest and/or false imprisonment resulting from her detention for suspected shoplifting in a K Mart department store. The case is before us on interlocutory appeal from the denial of K Mart’s motion for summary judgment.

Ms. Adamson entered the store with her young daughter for the purpose of having the child’s picture taken by a store photographer. She brought with her a new dress for the child to wear, still on its original store hanger and still…