2.5K Awarded in Joplin Post Office Lawsuit

Robert Counts of Joplin filed a lawsuit against the Joplin Post Office in 2017. The incident happened in 2014. The lawsuit states Counts entered the post office on North Main Street on a day it was raining and slipped on the “slick and wet floor.” The lawsuit claims that the post office failed to remove water causing the floor to be slick, failed to barricade and close off the slick area, failed to warn of the slick area and failed to provide an alternate route ar…