Hajawii v. Venture Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff Amal Hajawii brought this action for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment against defendants Venture Stores, Inc., and James Bellair, after she was detained and criminally charged with retail theft. The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss both counts, finding that the disposition of the criminal case imposing three months’ supervision on plaintiff was not a favorable termination and that plaintiff could not maintain her action. She appeals.

The facts as gleaned from the pleadings and answers to interrogatories are as follows. On January 3, 1981, plaintiff was a…