Crandall v. Stop & Shop, Inc.

Marie M. Crandall brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while opening* a glass jar containing fruit salad purchased from the defendant, Stop & Shop, Inc. The jury returned a verdict in her favor for $3,500, upon which judgment was entered, and this appeal followed.

The essential facts are undisputed and disclose that August 19, 1933, plaintiff, while shopping at defendant’s store, purchased a jar of fruit preserves put up by G. B. Baffetto, Inc., of New York, as appears from the label on the container. The jar is of glass, is circular in form, about 4" high and…