Hepler v. Caruthersville Supermarket Co.

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

In this slip-and-fall case, Caruthersville Supermarket Company (“Defendant”) appeals from a judgment, following a jury verdict, rendered in favor of Marjorie He-pler (“Plaintiff’). The jury found Defendant one hundred percent at fault for injuries sustained by Plaintiff and awarded her $27,000 in damages. Defendant alleges in its sole point that it was error to submit Plaintiffs verdict directing instruction to the jury. We affirm.

Early on the evening of December 5, 1999, Plaintiff and her husband, Carmel Hepler (“Husband”), drove to Hays Grocery Store in…