MGMT 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: False Imprisonment, Shoplifting, Punitive Damages
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False imprisonment: intentional restrain of another person without reasonable cause and without consent, false imprisonment elements. Con nement was not privileged: shopkeeper"s privilege. Brown v. walmart and mullen v. sibley: mullen v sibley. Mullen took a tie rack, but forgot to pay for it, was apprehended for shoplifting: brown v walmart. Brown buys a ring, puts it in his pocket, and a security guard thinks that he stole a ring: after they double check, they let him go. Brown sues but lost: the detention time was very short and shopkeeper"s privilege held its ground. Intentional in iction of emotional distress: conduct so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency and to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community. Battery: an intentional touching of another person in a way that is harmful or offensive. In ny this can also constitute criminal assault.
