McPike v. Enciso's Cocina Mejicana, Inc.

Plaintiff is the personal representive of the estate of Medaya McPike, a 10-year old girl who became seriously ill shortly after eating a guacamole tostado at the defendant restaurant. She died five days later. The guacamole had been treated with a sodium bisulfite preparation manufactured and distributed by defendants Dean Distributors, Inc. and National Institutional Food Distributors Associates, Inc. (NIFDA). Plaintiff alleged that the decedent, who suffered from asthma, died as the result of an allergic reaction to the sulfite. She contended that defendants were negligent and that their…