Vega v. Royal Crown Bottling Company

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this products liability case, Antonio Vega sued H. E. B. Food Stores and Royal Crown Bottling Company on behalf of his twenty-three month old son, Javier. While in the care of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mariano Cruz, and while handling by himself a sixteen ounce bottle of Royal Crown Cola, the child suffered injuries when the bottle allegedly exploded. The bottle of cola had been delivered by Royal Crown to H. E. B. and had been bought, together with others in a six-pack, from H. E. B. by Mr. Cruz. The case was submitted on special issues to a jury who found…