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GREAT ATL. & PAC. TEA CO. v. PAUL

[No. 205, September Term, 1969.]

256 Md. 643 (1970)

261 A.2d 731

THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC. v. PAUL

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Freeman, with whom were Sasscer, Clagett, Powers & Channing on the brief, for appellant.

Arthur Dale Leach, with whom were Paulson, Leach & Wilkinson on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes before us on appeal from an action for assault and battery, slander and false imprisonment. It involves as appellant The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Inc., the owner of the nationally known chain of A & P food stores, and as appellee John Joseph Paul, a retired police officer suffering from a recent heart condition. On the charge that one of A & P's employees, John Parker, falsely accused...

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