Legal Opinion
Lusk v. Ira Watson Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 1991No. 19894PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WORKMAN, Justice:
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Blue-field Division, certified the following question to this Court:
Whether an owner of merchandise, his employee having called the police to the premises to investigate a possible shoplifting, is liable for an unreasonable detention of a suspected shoplifter by local police officers under West Virginia Code § 61-3A-4?
Upon review of the arguments of the parties and the records submitted to this Court, we find that an owner of merchandise so situated is not liable for an unreasonable detention of a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baggett v. National Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Quinones v. Maier & Berkele, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- State v. MueggeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
- Welton v. Georgia Power CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Troupe v. Superx Drugs Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Belcher v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2002
- Belcher v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2002