Louisville of counsels Lindsay Gray and Edward O’Brien obtained summary judgment for the firm’s retailer client in a malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress case in Louisville Circuit Court. Plaintiff alleged that she was falsely imprisoned by the police at the client’s store after she was accused of shoplifting despite video showing her deliberately avoiding a scanner to place items in her cart. She further alleged that the store maliciously prosecuted her by cooperating in bringing formal criminal charges against her and that the conduct of the police officer and the store was intentional and resulted in emotional distress. The criminal charges against plaintiff were subsequently dismissed because the police officer and the store’s representatives did not appear in court, but because the dismissal was not on the merits of the criminal charges and was instead procedural, the court concluded that there could be no malicious prosecution. The court further concluded that neither the police officer nor the firm’s client acted in an outrageous or intolerable manner; therefore, they could not be liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Lindsay and Eddie were granted summary judgment and the entire case was dismissed.