{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"steven-harner-plaintiff","displayName":"STEVEN HARNER, Plaintiff-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37266:2023-03-07","opinionId":"dc15ac99-890d-5fac-90dd-cf8bfa70dc27","slug":"steven-harner-plaintiff-respondent-v-mercy-hospital-joplin-defendant-appe-d37266","caseName":"STEVEN HARNER, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nMERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37266","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2023-03-07","year":2023,"display_summary":"Steven Harner sued Mercy Hospital Joplin for negligence after he was shot by Kaylea Liska in the hospital's parking lot. The trial court denied Mercy's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict following a jury verdict for Harner. On appeal, Mercy argued Harner failed to make a submissible case under the Known Third Person exception and that the verdict director misstated the law. The appellate court affirmed, holding that Mercy's knowledge of Liska's prior criminal acts on its property was sufficient to trigger a duty, and the jury instruction did not misstate the law.","primaryTopic":"premises-liability","topicSlugs":["premises-liability","negligence","civil-procedure","jury-instructions","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=193155","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/steven-harner-plaintiff-respondent-v-mercy-hospital-joplin-defendant-appe-d37266","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"slip-and-fall","label":"Slip and Fall","href":"/practice-areas/slip-and-fall","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: premises-liability"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/slip-and-fall"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":11,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: jury-instructions","fallback litigation route behind specific injury signal"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":11,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: negligence","fallback personal-injury route behind specific injury signal"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"}],"role":"respondent"}]}