Gray v. McDonald's Corp.

OPINION

SANDERS, Presiding Judge (Eastern Section).

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment sustaining Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing the complaint.

In February, 1992, Plaintiffs husband sustained fatal injuries in the parking lot of the McDonald’s restaurant located on Rossville Boulevard in Chattanooga. The decedent was seated in his vehicle in the drive-through lane of the restaurant when he was attacked and shot by an escaped felon who was attempting to rob him.

Plaintiff-Appellant Helen Gray filed a wrongful death action individually and as the executrix of her…