Krieg v. Dayton-Hudson Corp.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals affirming a summary judgment granted on the motion of Dayton-Hudson Corporation dismissing the Kriegs’ claims for malicious prosecution. Summary judgment was entered by Milwaukee county circuit court, Judge Leander J. Foley, Jr., on April 18,1980.

This controversy stems from the August 9, 1976, arrest of Joyce Krieg (Krieg), the restaurant manager of a Target Store, a division of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation. The complaint alleged that Krieg had been observed, by store security personnel using a surveillance camera, taking a $20 bill from…