Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. McAlpin

George Howard, Jr., Justice.

The question to be decided is whether the verdict of the jury in behalf of appellee, on her claim for damages resulting from drinking beer from a bottle containing a foreign substance, in the sum of $10,-000.00 is so grossly excessive requiring either a remittitur or a new trial.

THE FACTS

Appellee purchased a bottle of beer at the Tiara Club.1 After completing approximately half of the contents of the bottle of beer, appellee discovered what appeared to be the remains of a decomposed mouse at the bottom of the bottle.

Appellee alleged in her complaint that as a…