Cavitt v. Jetton's Greenway Plaza Cafeteria

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in a personal injury action. The case was tried by a jury which found the defendant guilty of serving unwholesome food which caused injury to the plaintiff, but failed to award money damages in any amount. The case will be reversed and the cause remanded.

The plaintiff was having a dinner at the cafeteria when she saw a roach in her dessert. She became nauseated, notified an employee of the defendant, and then left with her dinner partner, Dr. Cooper, a psychologist.

Mrs. Cavitt had been under the care of a physician for…