Thurman Ex Rel. Thurman v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Minneapolis

YETKA, Justice.

In this personal injury action claiming damages from an alleged soda pop bottle explosion, the jury found for the defendants. Plaintiffs appealed from that judgment and also from the trial court’s order denying plaintiffs’ motion for new trial. 1

We reverse and remand for a new trial on the issue of liability alone.

The issues raised on this appeal are:

1. Was the admission of the investigating police officer’s statement that the ambulance attendant told him that Steven Thurman said he fell and dropped the bottle reversible error?

2. Was the exclusion of the ambulance attendant’s…