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KENNEY v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. SC 84770.

100 S.W.3d 809 (2003)

Carolyn KENNEY, Respondent, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Cessna, Bentonville, for Appellant.

Michael W. Blanton, Lee's Summit, Thomas C. Locke, Independence, for Respondent.

Joseph E. Martineau, Benjamin A. Lipman, St. Louis, for amicus curiae.

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

I.

Wal-Mart Stores appeals a verdict entered against it awarding Carolyn Kenney $33,750 in actual damages and $392,083 in punitive damages. The Court finds that the trial court erred in submitting a materially altered verdict director. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded.

II.

A. Background

Carolyn Kenney is the grandmother of Lauren Kenney...

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