Calhoun v. Middletown Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the appellee herein. The record reveals that plaintiff, a sixteen year old boy, was severly burned when flaming gasoline was thrown upon him by a mechanic engaged by the defendant’s driver in repairing defendant’s truck. The plaintiff, Calhoun, was directly employed as a helper by the truck driver for the purpose of assisting the driver in making deliveries of Coca-Cola products. There is testimony that defendant’s general policy forbade the employment…