Attaldo v. Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, Inc.

KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment of the district court awarding him damages against Schwegmann Giant Super Markets, Inc. On the afternoon of December 24, 1980, plaintiff went into a Schwegmann’s supermarket to purchase a headlight for his car. After he paid for the light, plaintiff was stopped by a store security guard who had observed him scraping a price tag off the headlight and smoothing out a second price tag before he took the item to the checkout counter. The guard escorted plaintiff to the security office in the store and told him he would not be charged with shoplifting if *1134he…