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RUTHERFORD v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.

No. 18413-CA.

501 So.2d 1082 (1987)

Edward Ray RUTHERFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF SHREVEPORT, INC. and Gulf States Canners, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. William Gerhardt & Associates by John C. Turnage, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam by Arthur R. Carmody, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, C.J., and MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.

HALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Edward Ray Rutherford, filed this products liability action on August 4, 1983 against Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shreveport, Inc., seeking to recover damages for injuries he sustained on September 9, 1982 after drinking a contaminated soft drink. In his original petition, plaintiff alleged that while he was a patient in Highland Hospital in Shreveport, a nurse purchased a bottle of Coke for him which contained parts of a large bug...

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