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HATTIESBURG COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. v. BARRETT

No. 56107.

497 So.2d 809 (1986)

HATTIESBURG COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., INC. v. D.C. BARRETT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Wayne Easterling, Easterling & Varnado, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Joe H. Montgomery, Williams, Williams & Montgomery, Poplarville, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This is an exploding bottle (or cap) case. The plaintiff entered a convenience store in Lumberton for the express purpose of purchasing a 16-oz. bottle of Coca-Cola. In carrying out his purpose, he reached inside a cooler and attempted to remove the bottle from the plastic six-pack container, whereupon the cap blew off with fragments thereof striking him in the eyes and nose. In his words, for about two weeks he couldn't "see to amount...

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