Aguglia v. Hills Department Stores, Inc.

Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting plaintiffs’ expert to render an opinion on the question of whether defendant’s security personnel had "reasonable cause” to detain plaintiff, Sandra Aguglia, for suspected shoplifting (see, Selkowitz v County of Nassau, 45 NY2d 97; Dier v City of New York, 79 AD2d 596).

We reject defendant’s contention that plaintiffs failed to establish, as a matter of law, a causal connection between the incident and the aggravation of Sandra Aguglia’s preexisting "dry eye” condition.…