Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Plainview v. White

HALL, Justice.

N. C. White, Jr., brought this suit individually and on behalf of his minor daughter, Shelly, for damages they allegedly suffered because Shelly drank a beverage bottled by appellant, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Plainview, which contained the remains of a mouse. Trial was to a jury which answered all special issues in favor of appellee’s contentions. Among other findings, the jury found in answers to issues numbered as follows that (2) Shelly suffered illness proximately caused by the contaminated drink; (5) $2,500 would fairly and reasonably compensate Shelly for past pain,…