Moore's, Inc. v. Garcia
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
*263OPINION
YOUNG, Justice.
The question of whether a jury’s findings of false imprisonment and assault of a customer in a retail store by an off-duty police officer acting as a security agent are supported by the evidence is raised in this appeal. Moore’s, Inc., the defendant below, brings this appeal to challenge the judgment of the trial court in favor of Pablo Garcia, the plaintiff below. We affirm.
A review of the pertinent facts reflects the following. Pablo Garcia, along with a friend, went to a local retail store, Moore’s, Inc., to purchase several items for a party. After Garcia bought a…
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