Smith v. Alexandria Coca Cola Bottling Co.

DECUIR, Judge.

| Loth parties appeal the trial court’s apportionment of fault in this case involving injuries sustained while using a vending machine. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and render.

FACTS

On August 31, 1996, eleven year old, Aaron Smith, was given four quarters to *524purchase colas for himself and his father from a Coca-Cola vending machine located in the laundry room of the apartment complex where the family lived. Aaron was familiar with the machine, and knew that it sometimes took money without dispensing a cola. He had also been instructed not to put his hand in the…