Cole v. Eckerd Corp.

By Judge John C. Morrison, Jr.

This matter comes before the Court on defendant Eckerd’s Demurrer to Plaintiffs Motion for Judgment. Plaintiff filed a Motion for Judgment against Eckerd Corp. on September 25,2000, alleging negligence, gross negligence, false imprisonment, fraud, and malicious prosecution. Plaintiff alleges that defendant suspected the plaintiff of stealing drugs, that Eckerd informed the police of this suspicion, and that the police obtained a warrant from a magistrate. The magistrate found probable cause and issued the warrant in April of 1998. In November of 1998 (six months…