Brown v. Super Discount Markets, Inc.

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Janice Brown and her daughter Kelly Roper sued Super Discount Markets, Inc. d/b/a Cub Foods (“Cub”) and Phillip Smith, a security employee, to recover damages for false arrest, false imprisonment, and assault and battery resulting from their detention for suspected shoplifting at Cub. The case is before us on appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of Cub and Smith.

Summary judgment is appropriate when the court viewing all the evidence and drawing reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to the non-movant concludes that the evidence does not create a…