Legal Opinion
Joan Smith v. Michigan Beverage Company, Inc., Allied Supermarkets, Inc., Glenshaw Glass Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 1974No. 72-2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
Defendant Glenshaw Glass Company is appealing from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Joan Smith for $100,000, for injuries she received when a bottle exploded. We reverse.
Glenshaw is a manufacturer of glass bottles. It manufactured and sold to Michigan Beverage the 28-ounce non-returnable bottle that is involved in the case. Michigan Beverage filed the bottle with a carbonated root beer beverage and then sold it to Allied Supermarkets. This bottle of root beer, along with two others, was purchased by Smith in the week before the accident. She took…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. HendersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1957
- Ruffin v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Evansville American Legion Home Ass'n v. WhiteIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
- Baker v. Coca Cola Bottling WorksIndiana Court of Appeals · 1961
- Hook v. National Brick Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Thiele v. Faygo Beverage, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1986
- John W. WHITTED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, and New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Senco Products, Inc. v. RileyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Bruther v. General Electric Co.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1993
- Thiele v. Faygo Beverage, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1986