Poloski v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. appeals the Circuit Court’s denial of its motion for a directed verdict and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a wrongful death suit resulting from the death of Hazel Poloski in a pedestrian and auto collision in a Wal-Mart store parking lot in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1997. Wal-Mart argues that the Circuit Court erred in denying its motions because there was no substantial evidence to show that any negligent act or omission on its part caused or contributed to cause Ms. Poloski’s death, and that the risk of harm from the open and…