American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Walker

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• holding that errors in jury charge required reversal despite finding that the evidence was sufficient to support jury’s verdict
• holding that trial court did not abuse discretion in denying defendant’s motion in limine to exclude evidence that its employee’s actions toward plaintiff were racially motivated even though there was no direct evidence of such
• holding that trial court did not abuse discretion in denying defendant’s motion in limine to exclude evidence that its employee’s actions toward plaintiff were racially motivated even though there was no direct evidence of such
• concluding that the evidence would authorize a jury to find that an off-duty deputy sheriff working as a security guard for a movie theater chain confronted the plaintiff to enforce the chain’s loitering policy, rather than to perform a police duty
• “ ‘. . . the employer escapes liability if the officer was performing police duties which the employer did not direct when the cause of action arose.’ ”
• case remanded for new trial based on errors in jury charge

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