David Dean v. Home Depot USA, Inc.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE September 7, 2000 Session DAVID F. DEAN, SR. v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County No. 97C-3695 Carol Soloman, Judge No. M1999-02313-COA-R3-CV - Filed April 2, 2001 Plaintiff, David Dean, was a 68 year old frequent patron of Home Depot. On April 27, 1997, Mr. Dean completed his shopping at the store, paid the cashier and, upon departing, appeared to have set off the electric theft detection alarm. An employee of Home Depot stopped Mr. Dean and asked him to step back into the store while employees located the…