PITTSBURG COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS v. PONDER

No. B-1074.

443 S.W.2d 546 (1969)

PITTSBURG COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS OF PITTSBURG, Texas, Petitioner, v. Mrs. Cuma PONDER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, W. B. Patterson and Jack Pew, Jr., Dallas, for petitioner.

Jones, Jones & Baldwin, Doyle Curry, Marshall, Boyet Stevens, Daingerfield, for respondent.


CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Cuma Ponder, respondent, brought suit against petitioner, Pittsburg Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Pittsburg, Texas, for personal injuries sustained as a result of an alleged explosion of a "coke" bottle distributed by petitioner. Based upon answers by the jury to special issues, the trial court entered judgment for Mrs. Ponder in the amount of $11,500. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 430 S.W.2d 104

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