Bergen Et Ux. v. Lit Bros.

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Plaintiffs brought an action of trespass for compensatory and punitive damages charging assault and battery, false imprisonment and slander against Lit Brothers, a corporation, and Robert S. Smith and Betty M. Bauer who were its employees and detectives and alleged to be the actual tort feasors. The wife plaintiff claimed that she was charged with being a shoplifter by Smith and Miss Bauer the store detectives, and in the course of being interrogated, was physically abused, detained against her will and slandered. The defense was that she was a shoplifter, and had signed…