BIRMINGHAM COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY v. GOSA

6 Div. 200.

184 So.2d 827 (1966)

BIRMINGHAM COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY v. Mary Lillian GOSA.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kirkman Jackson, Birmingham, for appellant.

Roscoe B. Hogan and George S. Brown, Birmingham, for appellee.


HARWOOD, Justice.

The complaint below claimed damages for injuries which it was averred were sustained by the plaintiff-appellee when she drank a Coca-Cola containing particles of glass, which was bottled by the defendant-appellant.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and fixed her damages at $19,000.

In explanation of the amount of damages awarded, we observe that the tendency of the plaintiff's evidence was to the effect that after...

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