Culbert v. Sampson's Supermarkets Inc.

VIOLETTE, Justice.

These cases, consolidated below, involve claims for personal injuries suffered by a mother and her infant son when the six month old child choked on a foreign substance contained in a jar of Beech-Nut baby food. Plaintiff Judith Culbert was spoon feeding to her son Francis the food she had purchased at Sampson’s Supermarket. In her complaint, Judith Culbert had sought to recover damages for the emotional distress she claims to have suffered as a result of allegedly negligent acts of the defendants. 1 The Superior Court, Kennebec County, dis missed the mother’s claims against…