Bruce v. Meijers Supermarkets, Inc.

The plaintiff brought this action for false arrest and imprisonment against defendant supermarket arising out of her alleged illegal detention by one of the defendant’s employees. Following trial by a jury, a verdict for $1,500 was returned for plaintiff. On this appeal of right, defendant has alleged two errors.

Initially, defendant asserts that the trial court should have granted its motion for a directed ver*354diet at the close of plaintiff’s proofs or, in the alternative, when the motion was renewed at the conclusion of all the proofs.

According to the settled practice in this state, the trial…