Hazel Martin v. Piggly Wiggly of Independence and The Republic Group
(August 2015)
Devin Fadaol obtained a defense verdict on liability in a lawsuit alleging multiple herniated discs throughout the lumbar spine and a surgery recommendation as a result of a slip-and-fall in a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The plaintiff failed to meet her burden of proof on the temporal element of constructive notice, or that store employees created the allegedly hazardous condition. The plaintiff also failed to prove that an employee in the vicinity of the defective condition was sufficient to establish liability. Plaintiff filed a Motion for New Trial which was denied.