PLEASE PROVIDE A NEW ANSWER! WEEK 3 D2 Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has wi

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PLEASE PROVIDE A NEW ANSWER! WEEK 3 D2

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.

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There was no defamation or false imprisonment that took place here from what we have to goon. She was asked politely to go back with Steve and he had every right as an Agent for BigMart to ensure that she was not in any way shoplifting. While this may be embarrassing forKaren we all know when we walk into a store that the possibility of them assuming we are takingsomething that does not belong to us are high when we are walking in with something that store sells.

If there was the capability for this to become a lawsuit then Big Mart would be the one who could be sued. They were the principal of the situation and Steve merely an agent acting on their behalf to ensure that the store was not being taken from. Even if this is not in the handbook, our book states that there are instances when an agent has to act, within reason, in the principals best interest; it was in their best interest not to have someone shoplifting at their store and so therefore Steve was acting on their behalf.

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