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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Reidinger grants Walmart’s motion for summary judgment after assault, battery and false arrest claims among others were brought by a customer whom a police officer detained for suspected shoplifting. The officer allegedly grabbed the customer’s arm after he attempted to leave the store, then slammed him against a shopping cart and “smashed” his head on the floor, all while the customer was not resisting. After holding the customer in the store and investigating a suitcase the customer had, the officer and store staff found that the clothes inside were from another store, and he was allowed to leave. Because the officer was not an employee of Walmart, it cannot be sued in this case. The officer’s motion to dismiss the same allegations is partially denied with respect to excessive force, assault and battery.