Tyler v. Natchitoches Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

STOKER, Judge.

Angela Tyler was injured by the explosion of a 32-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola. She sued the Natchitoches Coca-Cola Bottling Company to recover her damages. The case was tried before a jury, which concluded that the defendant was not legally at fault. Mrs. Tyler appeals the verdict, claiming that the jury committed a reversible error of law in failing to apply to her case the principles of Robertson v. Gulf South Beverage, Inc., 421 So.2d 877 (La.1982).

Mrs. Tyler and her witnesses gave the following version of the facts. The plaintiff and her mother, Dorothy Longino, bought two…