McConnell v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Supermarkets, Inc.

GOTHARD, Judge.

The defendant, Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Lena McConnell, who was injured while shopping in the Schwegmann market on Veterans Boulevard. The only issue is whether the award for general damages was excessive.

On December 31, 1989, Mrs. McConnell, then age seventy-three, was knocked down by a flat truck loaded with cases of soft drinks, which was being moved by market employees. The buggy she was pushing toppled over on her and she experienced pain in her neck, back, left leg and the back of her head. She was examined in the…