Mosley v. Federal Department Stores, Inc.

Plaintiffs Delores and Herbert Mosley appeal from the trial court’s granting of the defendant’s motion for accelerated judgment. The court below, interpreting MCL 600.2917; MSA 27A.2917, ruled that the statute of limitations barred plaintiffs’ action.

On November 6, 1974, defendant’s security guards detained the plaintiffs’ grandson in the defendant’s store, apparently for suspected shoplifting. After two years but before three years had passed, plaintiffs, including the grandson, brought suit. In the complaint, plaintiff Delores Mosley (hereinafter "plaintiff”) sets forth facts on Count I,…