K-Mart Corp. v. Coker

410 S.E.2d 425 (1991)

261 Ga. 745

K-MART CORPORATION

v.

COKER

No. S91G0377.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

December 5, 1991.

Reconsideration Denied December 18, 1991.

John C. Stivarius, Jr., Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for K-Mart Corp.

D. William Garrett, Jr., Alpharetta, for Coker.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Ira Lynn Coker sued K-Mart Corporation for malicious prosecution after she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. Following a jury verdict in her favor, the trial judge granted K-Mart a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The Court of Appeals reversed on the ground that Coker did not have…