Campbell v. Supervalu, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

ROGER B. COSBEY, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION 1

In 1993, Duane and Connie Campbell bought some ground beef at a Cub Food store that they contend was tainted and made their then five-year old son, Michael, seriously ill. The Campbells, Duane, Connie, and Michael (now an adult), filed suit nearly thirteen years later against Super-valu, Inc., which operates a chain of food stores called Scott’s, blaming it for introducing E. coli bacteria into the ground beef during the grinding and packaging process. 2

As Supervalu points out in its February 28, 2008, Motion…