Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Goss

This is a suit for pain and suffering and other damage alleged to have been sustained from swallowing pieces of glass while drinking from a bottle of coca-cola, sold by the defendant to a retail merchant and by him sold to the plaintiff. The plaintiff, the merchant, and three other apparently disinterested eye-witnesses swore that the plaintiff drank from the bottle, consumed most of the beverage, and expectorated several pieces of glass out on the floor; and that several pieces of glass remained in the bottle. The plaintiff testified that he swallowed some of the glass. This testimony was…