Harris v. Woolworth

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, F.W. Woolworth, appeals from the judgment in favor of plaintiff, Alma Harris, entered pursuant to a jury verdict, in her action for personal injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in an alley next to defendant’s store. We reverse and remand.

Because defendant first alleges that plaintiff failed to make a submissible case, we look at the evidence, together with the reasonable inferences arising therefrom, in the light most favorable to plaintiff. Culver-Stockton College v. Mo. Power & Light Co., 690 S.W.2d 168, 170 (Mo.App.1985). Further, we disregard…