GIPSON v. TARGET STORES, INC.

No. 43000.

630 S.W.2d 107 (1981)

Amber C. GIPSON, a Minor by and through her Next Friend and Mother, Deborah E. Gipson, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TARGET STORES, INC., A Branch of Dayton-Hudson Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied February 19, 1982.

Application to Transfer Denied April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey T. Farrow, Sunset Hills, for defendant-appellant.

Charles Mogab, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Supreme Court Denied February 19, 1982.

WEIER, Judge.

On July 6, 1977, three year old Amber Gipson tripped over the "end cap" of a display fixture while in the Bridgeton, Missouri, Target Store with her mother. She sustained a deep gash to her right cheek with a resultant scar. The jury at trial found Target to be negligent and awarded damages in the amount of $5,000.

Target on appeal raises four points of error...

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