Trial Magazine
Verdicts & Settlements: Negligence
Negligent treatment by store security guard during pandemic
December 2024Makram Megdiche, 47, was a business invitee of grocery store La Mart Oakland Mills. While he was shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, Megdiche wore a mask to protect himself. A security guard demanded that Megdiche remove his mask and tasered him when he refused to do so.
Megdiche sued La Mart Oakland Mills, Inc., alleging negligence and respondeat superior liability.
A jury awarded the plaintiff $2 million for pain and suffering.
Citation: Megdiche v. La Mart Oakland Mills, Inc., No. 24-C-22-002513 (Md. Cir. Ct. Baltimore City Mar. 19, 2024).
Plaintiff counsel: AAJ members Samantha Dos Santos and David A. Muncy, both of Columbia, Md.
