Wheeler v. Evans

BERREY, Judge.

Plaintiff below, appellant herein, appeals a jury verdict in her favor. The jury found total damages of $8,572.75; however, the jury found plaintiff to be thirty-nine percent at fault thus reducing plaintiff’s damage award to $5,229.38. Plaintiff alleges four points of error. This court affirms.

On the evening of March 2, 1981, plaintiff was at home watching television with her family when she received a telephone call from a friend who needed a ride home from the Wal-Mart store where she worked. Proceeding west on Missouri Boulevard in a 1972 Dodge Charger, plaintiff prepared to…