Tyler Hollis, a Minor By and Through His Next Friend, Mother and Conservator, Karen Hollis Missouri Cases

Tyler Hollis, a minor, sued Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and Jennifer Lay for negligence, alleging they failed to warn of child abuse by his mother, Heather Lane, who later pleaded guilty to child abuse. At trial, respondents introduced evidence that the mother's then-boyfriend, Ben Andrews, caused Hollis's injuries. The jury found for the respondents. On appeal, Hollis challenged an affirmative converse instruction given by the trial court and the admission of evidence supporting it. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the instruction was proper as it addressed a disputed ultimate issue of who caused the injury, and the evidentiary rulings were not reversible error.