Get-N-Go, Inc. v. Markins

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury trial in the Boone Circuit Court where Viola Markins was awarded a judgment of $125,000 for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in the parking lot of appellant Get-N-Go, Inc. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that Markins had incurred the risk of her injuries as a matter of law. The petition of appellee Markins for transfer to this Court is granted and the request for oral argument is denied.

On appeal, a reviewing court must look to the facts and inferences drawn therefrom that are most consistent with the judgment of…