Legal Opinion
Walker v. May Department Stores Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 2000No. Civ.A. 98-2449PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOYNER, District Judge.
This case has been brought before the Court on motion of the defendants for summary judgment. For the reasons which follow, the motion shall be granted in part and denied in part.
Statement of Facts
On January 3, 1997, the plaintiff, Barry Walker, was observed via closed circuit television in the Strawbridge’s department store in Center City Philadelphia by defendant Kim Stone, a store detective. In Ms. Stone’s opinion, Mr. Walker, whom she had apprehended less than a week before for shoplifting, was acting suspiciously and she believed he may have…
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