Allen v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In Mrs. Frank Allen’s action against the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Louisville, seeking damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of her swallowing a piece of glass contained in a bottled “coke” which Mrs. Allen purchased from a vending machine at a laundromat, the court directed a verdict for the defendant at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence. Mrs. Allen has appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict, dismissing her complaint.

Mrs. Allen’s claim was based specifically on breach of implied warranty. The court directed the…