Head v. National Super Markets, Inc.

CRANDALL, Judge.

This is a slip and fall case. Plaintiff, Cel-estine Head, appeals from the trial court’s grant of directed verdict, after the close of her evidence, in favor of defendant, National Super Markets, Inc. We reverse and remand.

In reviewing a directed verdict granted in favor of defendant, the appellate court views the evidence and permissible inferences most favorably to the plaintiff, disregards contrary evidence and inferences, and determines whether plaintiff made a sub-missible case. Friend v. Holman, 888 S.W.2d 369, 371 (Mo.App.W.D.1994). Directing a verdict is a drastic…