Joplin woman sues Target after metal plate causes her to trip, flip backward, suffer injuries

An 86-year-old Joplin woman is suing Target for damages she says she suffered when she caught her heel on a metal plate and fell February 7, 2021.

According to the petition, which was filed today in Jasper County Circuit Court, Alice Boyer was standing at a checkout when she caught her heel on the plate, flipped backward and fell.

Boyer, who is represented by Keegan Tinney of the Joplin firm of Dreyer & Tinney, claims the metal plate "constituted a dangerous condition," and that Target failed to exercise ordinary care by removing the plate or warning customers that it was there.

The plate and the subsequent fall caused the following results, according to Boyer:

-(She) sustained bodily injury to her hip, back, neck, bodily bruising, and loss of hearing from the fall, all causing pain and suffering, past, present and future, mental anguish, humiliation, and inconvenience. 

-Plaintiff has incurred and will continue to incur a substantial sum for injury-related medical care and treatment. 

-Plaintiff has also suffered a loss of enjoyment of life in that her activities have and will continue to be limited by the injury.

Boyer is asking for damages, costs and interest.