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A Principal�s Responsibility for the Actions of Their Agent

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    A Principal’s Responsibility for the Actions of Their Agent Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has with her an umbrella which is the same brand Big Mart carries. When a Big Mart employee, Steve, sees her leave with the umbrella without going through the checkout lane, he asks her to come back into the store. Steve says that he thinks Karen is shoplifting the umbrella. Karen tells him that she has had the umbrella for years and shows him marks of wear and tear. Steve apologizes and tells Karen she is free to go. Can Karen successfully sue for false imprisonment or defamation? From what you have learned about the relationship between a principal and an agent, analyze whether Steve or Big Mart could be liable because of Steve’s actions. Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has with her an umbrella which is the same brand Big Mart carries. When a Big Mart employee, Steve, sees her leave with the umbrella without going through the checkout lane, he asks her to come back into the store. Steve says that he thinks Karen is shoplifting the umbrella. Karen tells him that she has had the umbrella for years and shows him marks of wear and tear. Steve apologizes and tells Karen she is free to go. Can Karen successfully sue for false imprisonment or defamation? There was no defamation or false imprisonment that took place here from what we have to go on. She was asked politely to go back with Steve and he had every right as an Agent for Big Mart to ensure that she was not in any way shoplifting. While this may be embarrassing for Karen we all know when we walk into a store that the possibility of them assuming we are taking something that does not belong to us are high when we are walking in with something that store sells. Wane sabaé wins basin Inommad abo ho solobiomobis bodasinas o saisainol and on ooo

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