S.M.R. ex rel. Ryan v. McDonald's Corp.

Plaintiffs S.M.R. (“Daughter”), Jeff Madison Ryan (“Father”), and Lisa Marie Ryan (“Mother”) appeal the judgment adopting a jury’s verdict in favor of McDonald’s Corporation and Kris Davison, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) on Plaintiffs’ claim that Defendants were liable for Daughter’s food-borne illness.1 Plaintiffs’ specific factual allegation was that Daughter’s E. coli 0157:H72 infection resulted from a defective cheeseburger she consumed at a McDonald’s restaurant in Branson (“Restaurant”) in July 2001.

Plaintiffs’ sole claim on appeal is that the trial court abused its discretion “in…