WALLER v. COCA COLA BOTTLERS ASSOCIATION

No. 16480.

523 S.W.2d 306 (1975)

Irene WALLER, Appellant, v. COCA COLA BOTTLERS ASSOCIATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

May 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray L. Lieberman, Houston, for appellant.

Robert G. Taylor II, Houston, for appellee; Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, of counsel.


EVANS, Justice.

This is a products liability case. Irene Waller sued Coca-Cola Bottlers Association and Belden's Food Giant for injuries received when a six-pack carton of Sprite, bottled by Coca-Cola, came apart as she lifted it from the display stack in Belden's store. Mrs. Waller's leg was lacerated by fragments of glass from the bottles which fell from the carton and broke upon impact with the floor. At the close of...

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