Burns v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company appeals from the judgment entered against it and in favor of appellees, David and Diane Burns, by the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County.

Appellee David Burns ingested glass particles contained in a bottle of Pepsi-Cola soft drink purchased from a lunch truck at his place of work on June 22, 1981. Appellee was hospitalized on several occasions subsequent to this incident because of medical problems which developed from the passage of the glass particles through his digestive system, including gastrointestinal pain and rectal…