Rasalan v. TJX Operating Companies, Inc.

Slajby, Presiding Judge.

The appellants, TJX Operating Companies, Inc., d.b.a. T.J. Maxx, Lori Carpenter, and Monica Bray, appeal from the trial court’s judgment in favor of the appellees, Aurora U. Rasalan and Amador P. Rasalan, M.D. We reverse and remand.

On November 12, 1991, Rasalan went shopping with her friend, Harris, at the Chapel Hill T.J. Maxx in Akron. Before going to T.J. Maxx, the two women shopped at other stores and then went to lunch. At one of the stores, Harris had observed Rasalan leave her cloth glove with trim on a counter and had returned the glove to Rasalan. When the two…