Janet Kottman v. Missouri State Fair

VICTOR C. HOWARD, JUDGE

Janet and Gary Kottman appeal from the trial court’s judgment against them on their claims against the Missouri State Fair and Terry Watson for negligence, negligence per se, respondeat superior, negligent. entrustment, negligent hiring and retention, and loss of consortium arising from Ms. Kottman’s fall from a tram at the Missouri State Fair in August 2008. At the close of the Kottmans’ case-in-chief, Defendants filed a motion for directed verdict asserting that there was no substantial evidence supporting the causation element of the Kottmans’ claims. Following…