Rettig v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

This action was brought by Adolph C. Rettig and Marjorie Rettig, his wife, against the Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Wayne P. Hampton, to recover a judgment for' damages. The substance of the complaint is that on December 18, 1943, Wayne P. Hampton was driving a truck belonging to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company along a public highway in Spokane county, Washington, and that he did so in such a negligent manner that he collided with and ran over Garry Rettig, a son of plaintiffs, who was then of the age of four years, causing injury to him resulting in his death.

In their answer the defendants…