Kelly v. West Cash & Carry Bldg. Materials

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that plaintiff’s fear of being prosecuted for theft did not establish a false imprisonment claim
• noting that “submission to the mere directions of the employer, unaccompanied by force or threats, does not constitute false imprisonment.”
• affirming dismissal of malicious prosecution claim where employer reported suspected crime based on honest and reasonable belief
• explaining that a plaintiff’s claims for emotional distress “would have been as an element of damage arising out of her claims for false imprisonment and arrest, defamation and malicious prosecution” and therefore, because those claims failed, it did not give rise to a separate cause of action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).