false imprisonment McCann v. Walmart by nate gomez

Description of the case

ngomez57698 — 2016-01-28 14:06:17 UTC

McCann was in the store with her children. As she was leaving, the employees stopped them claiming that her children had been previously caught shop lifting, and could not re enter the store. The employees detained them until and security officer came and determined that they were not the children who were caught shop lifting.

Elements

aldabbaghsami — 2016-01-28 14:12:55 UTC

The McCann family was held trapped in Wal-Mart because the employees did not let them leave since they thought the McCann children stole from the store, but had no identification. So the McCann family was wrongfully accused.

outcome of the case

ngomez57698 — 2016-01-28 14:21:49 UTC

extra harm was done to Jonathan so he was awarded $10,000. While his sister and mother were only awarded $5,000 each. I agree with the outcome of this case because they were wrongfully detained since they were not the ones who were shop lifting.

Who, What, When, Where

aldabbaghsami — 2016-01-28 14:22:13 UTC

The defendant is Wal-Mart. The plaintiff is the McCann family since they were wrongfully accused and a victim of false imprisonment. Wal-Mart accused the children of the family of stealing and called the cops and wouldn't let the family leave. The case was filed April 14, 2000 in Bangor, Maine