Brink v. Eagle

{¶ 1} Rebecca L. Brink appeals from the grant of summary judgment to Giant Eagle by the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas in her tort action against the store. Ms. Brink passed a bad check at the store, which she ultimately paid off. She asserts that Giant Eagle voluntarily undertook a duty to her to inform the Girard Municipal Court she had paid her debt, after a criminal complaint issued against her from that court, and breached that duty, resulting in her arrest. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

{¶ 2} March 21, 2015, Ms. Brink purchased $211.88 of groceries at the Giant Eagle in…