Legal Opinion
Woodward & Lothrop v. Hillary
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 1991No. 89-994, 89-1082PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Woodward & Lothrop, which operates a downtown department store (among others), and Dwayne Wigfall and Earl Sellers, two security guards employed by the store, appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Car-nell Hillary on Hillary’s tort claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery, and conversion, and his claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1989) for violation of his civil rights. Contesting the judgment on the constitutional tort claim, appellants assert that the trial judge erred in concluding as a matter of law that Wigfall and Sellers, who were special…
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