Quartarone v. Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.

OPINION

HERLIHY, Judge.

Anthony Quartarone, individually and on behalf of his minor son Mario, has sued Kohl’s Department Store, Inc. for malicious prosecution and violation of his civil rights. The latter action involved a federal civil rights claim causing Kohl’s to remove the entire case to District Court. That court dismissed Quartarone’s civil rights claim and the matter returned to this Court for resolution of the malicious prosecution claim.

Kohl’s has moved for summary judgment on that claim. The claim arises out of an arrest and prosecution of Quartarone for shoplifting. He was…