Koplin v. Louis K. Liggett Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff claims she was made sick by the presence of a centipede in the spoon with which she was eating vegetable soup served to her at lunch in defendant’s restaurant. On this account she brought suit to recover damages from defendant. In pursuance of binding instructions from the trial judge, the jury found a verdict in defendant’s favor. Plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court from the judgment entered. We allowed an appeal from its order granting a new trial.

Appellant thus described what happened: “When I was taking a tablespoon to my mouth I noticed a…