Guidry v. Harp's Food Stores, Inc.

Margaret Meads, Judge.

This appeal is brought from the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of appellee, Harp’s Food Stores, Inc. The court found that certain issues decided in a federal civil rights suit brought by appellant precluded appellant from relitigating those issues in a tort suit prosecuted in state court. We reverse and remand.

David Jones, a Rogers city policeman, worked for appellee during his off-duty hours as a loss-prevention officer. On March 25, 1996, he supposedly observed appellant stealing a pack of cigarettes. Appellant was apprehended and arrested and charged…