Legal Opinion

Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Hankins

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1952No. 15310PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, Chief Justice.

Appellee B. H. Hankins secured judgment in the district court of Tarrant County in the sum of $15,000 against appellant Coca Cola Bottling Company of said County for personal injuries which he alleged to have been proximately caused by negligence of such Company. , The jury convicted appellant of negligently manufacturing, processing, bottling and distributing one or more glass bottles of coca cola which exploded and cut appellee’s right kneecap with glass flying therefrom.

Appellant divides its eight points into two groups.

In the main proposition under its first four…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Honea, by Next Friend v. Coca Cola Bot. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Honea v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hankins v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Gray v. LM Chevrolet CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Curry v. American Enka, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977
  4. Gray v. LM Chevrolet CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963

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