Arrowsmith v. Williams

Banke, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Ann J. Arrowsmith, was employed as jewelry manager of a retail branch of defendant Sky City Stores, Inc. (Sky City), when, on Thursday, December 17, 1981, ten rings were discovered in one of several empty boxes which she had previously obtained permission to use for wrapping Christmas gifts. On that same day, she was called into the office of the store manager, defendant Joseph Marshall Williams, who, in the presence of plaintiff’s supervisor, defendant Mary Beth Morris, confronted her with the discovery of the rings and accused her of either theft or…