Kenyon v. Lord & Taylor, Inc.

This is an action for false arrest and malicious prosecution. The plaintiff was employed as a saleswoman in the defendant’s retail department store. She alleges that certain of the defendant’s employees in its protection division improperly detained and falsely charged her with stealing cash from the store register. The plaintiff has moved for a pretrial examination of the defendant’s employees. The defendant opposes the plaintiff’s application principally upon the ground that as a matter of public policy it is not allowable in an action such as this. The defendant also cross-moves for an…