Supreme Court of Missouri

Melissa Moody v. Dynamic Fitness Management, LTD.

March 18, 2025

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment for Moody because Dynamic failed to preserve its challenges to the directed-verdict rulings and the admission of spoliation-related adverse-inference evidence. The Court also held that Moody’s verdict-directing instruction did not give the jury a roving commission because it properly submitted alternative negligent acts, required a finding of direct causation, and was supported by sufficient evidence.