What kinds of detention are permissible for a store to use in accosting those that may have been shoplifting?Jody broke up with Jeremy and refused to talk to him. Jeremy saw Jody get in her car near the business school and parked right behind her so she could not move. He then stood next to the driver's window for fifteen minutes, begging Jody to talk to him. She kept saying "No, let me leave!" Has Jeremy committed the tort of false imprisonment?

Intentional Torts: False Imprisonment ap Lester v. Albers Super Markets, Inc. 94 Ohio App. 313, 114 N.E.ad 529 (Ohio 1952) Facts: The plaintiff, carrying a bag of rolls purchased at another store, entered the defendant's gro- cery store to buy some canned fruit. Seeing her bus outside, she stepped out of line and put the can on the counter. The store manager intercepted her and repeatedly demanded that she submit the has to be searched. Finally she acquiesced; he looked inside and said she could go. She testified that several people witnessed the scene, which lasted about fifteen minutes, and that she was humili- ated. The jury awarded her $800 [about $7400 in 2017 dollars. She also testified that no one laid a hand on her or made a move to restrain her from leaving by any one of numerous exits. MATTHEWS, JUDGE. As we view the record, it raises the fundamental question of what is imprisonment. Before any need for a determination of illegality arises there must be proof of imprisonment. In [a legal ency clopedia], it is said: "Submission to the mere verbal direction of another unaccompanied by force of