Parker v. National Super Markets, Inc.

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Timothy Parker in the net amount of $10,400 (after application of plaintiffs comparative fault) as a result of a fall on defendant’s premises. We affirm.

Plaintiff was a route delivery man employed by Marion Pepsi to deliver Pepsi-Cola to a large number of customers in the Marion Pepsi service area, including defendant’s store on Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. In July 1991, plaintiff was delivering Pepsi to that store when he stepped on a metal plate on the defendant’s loading dock. The plate moved and plaintiff fell…