Grube v. Associated Dry Goods, Inc.

REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the circuit court’s order granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Plaintiffs claim they presented sufficient evidence to make a submissible ease, and therefore, the trial court erred in directing the verdict. However, we agree that the plaintiffs failed to make a submis-sible case and affirm the judgment.

In Count I of their petition, plaintiff Viola M. Grube alleged that she:

was an invitee within defendant’s Chesterfield store, and while ... waiting for service, sat upon a stool provided by defendant for the…