A slip and fall case in St. Charles County turns on the same question it turns on everywhere: did the property owner know about the hazard, or should they have. We would rather show you our actual premises liability results than imply a St. Charles County slip and fall verdict we do not have.
Updated October 2026
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St. Charles County's rapid retail and commercial growth, particularly along the Highway K and Mexico Road corridors and the shopping centers that have followed the county's population growth, means more properties, more foot traffic, and more opportunities for an unaddressed hazard to cause a serious fall.
The legal question does not change with the address: whether the property owner knew about the hazard, or should have known about it and had time to act. What changes is which courthouse hears the case, which is why our record in this one matters.
Proving a fall happened is rarely the problem. Proving the owner had actual notice of the hazard, or that it existed long enough to constitute constructive notice, is. That inquiry does not change by county, but the store chains and property managers involved, and their document retention practices, often do.
We tried a wrongful death trucking case to verdict in St. Charles County. The defense offered nothing and blamed a grieving mother for three years. The jury returned $20,025,000. That was not a premises case, and we say so directly, but it shows this courthouse's jury pool will hear out a case we bring to trial.
Ice and snow tracked into retail entrances, parking lots, and apartment walkways create a recurring fall hazard through the winter months, and property owners' snow and ice removal logs are often as important as any incident report.
Most commercial surveillance systems overwrite footage within weeks, sometimes days, regardless of which county the store sits in. That footage is frequently the only evidence of how long a hazard existed, which is why a preservation demand needs to go out immediately.
We do not have a published slip and fall verdict from St. Charles County, and we would rather tell you that than suggest otherwise.
What we do have is a premises liability record built elsewhere in Missouri: a national grocery retailer offered $125,000 for an unguarded pallet that fractured our client's femur, after a previous firm had already declined the case. It settled for $2.5 million. In a separate case, a produce vendor struck by an uncertified, untrained forklift driver recovered $705,000.
And in this specific courthouse, a St. Charles County jury has already shown it will return a verdict that reflects what a case is actually worth, once we try it.
The verdict below is from St. Charles County, in a trucking wrongful death case, not a premises case, and we say so plainly. The premises results are from elsewhere in Missouri. Past results do not guarantee a future outcome.
Defense offered $0 and blamed the mother for her son's death. After five days of trial, a St. Charles County jury delivered $20,025,000. Read full story →
A national grocery retailer offered $125,000 for an unguarded pallet that fractured our client's femur. A previous firm had declined the case. Read full story →
A produce vendor suffered life-changing injuries after being struck by an uncertified, untrained forklift driver. Read full story →
An incident report creates a dated record of the fall. A fall that was never reported invites an argument that it never happened on the property.
Close up and from a distance, and anything suggesting how long it had been there: tracked-through marks, cart tracks, melted and refrozen ice.
Most systems overwrite within days to weeks. A written preservation demand sent immediately is the single most effective step.
Say what happened and what struck what. Gaps in treatment and vague early records are used later to argue the injury came from something else.
Yes, though not a slip and fall case. We tried a wrongful death trucking case to verdict in St. Charles County, obtaining $20,025,000 after the defense offered nothing. Our premises liability record, including a $2.5 million settlement for an unguarded pallet, comes from elsewhere in Missouri.
It means the hazard existed long enough that the property owner, exercising reasonable care, should have discovered and addressed it. Nobody has to prove an employee actually saw it. The evidence is whatever shows duration: video, the physical state of the hazard, and the owner's own inspection records.
Generally in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, the 11th Judicial Circuit, in the city of St. Charles. Venue may also be proper where a corporate defendant does business.
It adds a seasonal element, but the underlying question is the same: did the property owner know or should they have known about the hazard, and did they have a reasonable opportunity to address it. Snow and ice removal logs often become central evidence.
That argument generally reduces a recovery under Missouri's comparative fault system rather than barring the claim outright. Being told a case is worthless is not the same as it being true.
Yes. Missouri applies pure comparative fault, so your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault rather than eliminated.
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