Waller v. Coca Cola Bottlers Ass'n

EVANS, Justice.

This is a products liability case. Irene Waller sued Coca-Cola Bottlers Associa*308tion and Belden’s Food Giant for injuries received when a six-pack carton of Sprite, bottled by Coca-Cola, came apart as she lifted it from the display stack in Belden’s store. Mrs. Waller’s leg was lacerated by fragments of glass from the bottles which fell from the carton and broke upon impact with the floor. At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence Coca-Cola was granted an instructed verdict. After all the evidence was presented, the trial court granted Bel-den’s motion for instructed verdict and…