Nash v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

I agree with my colleagues in their affirmance of the jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiffs Mary Lee Nash and Dan Nash against all 3 defendants, the store owner, Sears, Roebuck & Company, the guard service, Heidt’s Protective Service, Inc., and the guard, Art Keolian. I would, however, grant Sears a new trial on its claim that Heidt’s breached its contract with Sears when it supplied a guard alleged by Sears to have been unqualified; on that issue the trial judge erred in his charge to the jury and in refusing to give Sears’ requested charge.

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Plaintiff Mary Lee Nash was wrongfully accused of…