Court of Special Appeals of Maryland May 7, 1982, 1258, September Term, 1981 (Giant Food, Inc. v. Scherry)

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Wilner, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant employed William Joyner as an armed security guard to protect its store located in the Blair Plaza Shopping Center in Silver Spring. On the evening of November 11, 1978, while on duty, Joyner observed a man brandish a pistol and rob one of appellant’s cashiers.