Legal Opinion

Prier v. Smitty's Supermarkets, Inc.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 3, 1986No. 14559PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARD, Special Judge.

Plaintiff Kathy Suzette Prier brought this action to recover damages for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell in defendant's supermarket.1 The jury returned a verdict in her favor, found damages of $16,500, and assessed 25% of the fault to plaintiff. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

*580The parties agree that the sole issue confronting us is whether or not sufficient evidence was adduced to make a submissi-ble case on the question of defendant’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Lance v. Van WinkleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  2. Ward v. Temple Stephens CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  3. Brophy v. ClisarisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  4. Grant v. National Super Markets, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Hayes v. National Super Markets, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mathis v. Jones Store Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. Harold Martin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  3. Breckenridge v. Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Home, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. Nickerson v. Moberly Foods, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Adams v. National Super Markets, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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