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GIANT FOOD, INC. v. WASH. COCA-COLA

[No. 93, September Term, 1974.]

273 Md. 592 (1975)

332 A.2d 1

GIANT FOOD, INC. AND MARILYN SEIGEL SHEESKIN, PERS. REP. OF NATHAN SEIGEL v. WASHINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Rogers, with whom were William D. Appler, Michael John Hoover and Carr, Bonner, O'Connell, Kaplan & Thompson on the brief, for Giant Food, Inc., part of appellants. Linda D. Schwartz, with whom were Jacob Sheeskin and Sheeskin & Hillman on the brief, for Marilyn Seigel Sheeskin, etc., other appellant.

Albert D. Brault, with whom were Brault, Scott & Brault on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we are presented with formidable questions of products liability law arising from an action for injuries caused by an exploding Coca Cola bottle. The damage suit, brought in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against Giant Food, Inc. (the retailer) and the Washington Coca Cola Bottling Company, Inc. (the bottler), resulted in a directed verdict for the defendants. On appeal from that decision, we remanded...

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