Hunt v. National Super Markets, Inc.

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This “slip and fall” case arises out of injuries plaintiff/respondent, Carl Hunt [hereinafter Hunt] sustained when he fell in the aisle while grocery shopping at a super market. Hunt filed suit on July 2, 1987, in the Circuit Court of the City of St, Louis, against defendant/appellant, National Super Markets, Inc. [hereinafter National]. On December 7, 1989, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Hunt for $25,000, finding Hunt eighteen percent at fault and National eighty-two percent at fault. The trial judge subsequently reduced the total damage award to $20,500.

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