Court Opinion

ID: 9672230
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:51:17.734374+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:15.088522
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CROW, Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur in the result, but would dispose of Plaintiffs’ contention that the verdict was unsupported by substantial evidence, or by any evidence, on a more fundamental ground.
Inasmuch as Plaintiffs had the burden of proof, the verdict for Defendant required no evidentiary support whatever. Bakelite Co. v. Miller, 372 S.W.2d 867, 871[7] (Mo.1963). A defendant denying liability for a plaintiffs alleged injury need not introduce any evidence to support a verdict in the defendant’s favor. Scott v. Gray, 337 S.W.2d 38, 41[2] (Mo.1960). Consequently, Plaintiffs’ hypothesis that the verdict was unsupported by substantial evidence or by any evidence presents nothing for appellate review. Bakelite, 372 S.W.2d at 870; Warren v. Thompson, 862 S.W.2d 513, 514[2] (Mo.App.W.D.1993).
I agree with the rest of the principal opinion.