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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Ind. Decisions - More on "Papa John's robbery suit heading to court"
Updating this ILB entry from July 14th on the Court of Appeals decision last Friday, July 11th in the case of Thomas Williams and Sanford Kelsey v. Kelly Eugene Tharp and Papa John's U.S.A., Inc., the National Law Journal this afternoon has a long story by Leigh Jones, including details such as:
A black tax attorney who was held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police officers after a Papa John's employee allegedly accused him of pulling a gun while buying a pizza has won an appeal in the Court of Appeals of Indiana.Attorney Sanford Kelsey can move ahead to trial with his claims of false imprisonment, defamation, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the pizza chain.
Kelsey, who holds an LL.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, is a former attorney at Greenberg Taurig and at Indianapolis-based Ice Miller.
He currently works as in-house counsel for a major packing and shipping corporation.
The other plaintiff in the case is Thomas Williams, Kelsey's friend, who is also black and was with him at the restaurant when the incident occurred.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 15, 2008 03:45 PM
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