Martin Is a Security Guard in a Clothing Store

question 69

Multiple Choice

Martin is a security guard in a clothing store. He suspects Emma, a customer, of shoplifting. He locks Emma in a room and does not allow her to leave the store until he has searched through her belongings and interrogated all the witnesses. If Emma is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing, and assuming that the state in which this occurred does not recognize the shopkeepers' privilege, which of the following torts has Martin committed?

• A)trespass to personalty
• B)conversion
• C)false imprisonment
• D)disparagement

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