COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS OF LEXINGTON v. BINGHAM


277 S.W.2d 468 (1955)

COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS OF LEXINGTON, Kentucky, a corporation, Appellant, v. Annie BINGHAM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. M. Wolfinbarger, Irvine, Stoll, Keenon & Park and Charles Landrum, Jr., Lexington, for appellant.

Shumate & Shumate, Irvine, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Mrs. Annie Bingham recovered judgment upon a jury verdict, against the Coca Cola Bottling Works of Lexington, in the amount of $2,500, as damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from swallowing a small piece of wood, about the size of a match or toothpick, that was in a bottle of Coca Cola. The Coca Cola Bottling Works has appealed, contending that it was entitled to a directed verdict on two grounds. One of the grounds, which...

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