Pool v. City of Oakland

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

Do the facts presented to the jury below support a finding of negligence against defendant Safeway Stores, Inc. (Safeway) for the harm it caused when, as part of its campaign to detect counterfeit currency, it *1056reported to the police an erroneous and unsupported suspicion that a customer was tendering a counterfeit bill?

Does the trial court’s error in instructing the jury on the issue of reasonable cause to arrest require reversal of the general verdict against defendant City of Oakland (Oakland)?

I.1

On the afternoon of May 1,1977, plaintiff George Lloyd Pool was arrested at a…