Legal Opinion
Nash v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1970No. Calendar 25, Docket 52,250PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. M. Kavanagh, J.
On September 4, 1962, a uniformed guard, defendant Keolian, in the employ of defendant Heidt’s Protective Service, Inc., apprehended plaintiff, Mary Nash, as she was leaving the store of defendant Sears, Roebuck & Company. Keolian purportedly acted upon the information of a Sears’ saleslady, who allegedly witnessed a woman, identified by her as plaintiff, shoplifting. When Keolian confronted plaintiff and requested her to accompany him to the store, she refused and started to walk away. Keolian shoved her to the ground, straddled her body, and pinned her arms above her head. When the police…
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