Nicholson v. M & S Detective Agency, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

Thelma Nicholson (appellee) was formerly employed by a Philadelphia bank. On September 9,1983, a security guard at the bank, employed by M & S Detective Agency, Inc., committed a robbery therein. During the course of the robbery, the security guard threatened to murder appellee, handcuffed her, forced her into a darkened utility closet, gagged her, and lashed her hands and neck with wire to an overhead *523pipe in such a manner as to force her to stand on her toes in order to breathe. She remained immobilized in the closet for hours until she was rescued. Appellee claims…