Wright v. Interco, Inc.

WEIER, Judge.

Plaintiff Heber E. Wright was injured when he fell while climbing down the slats of a wooden pallet, which was normally used to move merchandise and which was leaning against a loading dock at defendant’s warehouse in St. Louis County. Plaintiff and his wife sued defendant for its alleged negligence in failing to remove this pallet (one slat of which allegedly had a beveled edge) or in failing to warn plaintiff of the allegedly dangerous condition of the pallet. At the close of plaintiffs’ case the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. On appeal…