Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Southeast Arkansas v. Jones

This is an action by the ap-pellee, who operates a small grocery at Dalark, to recover for personal injuries sustained when a bottle of Coca-Cola exploded just after he had placed it in an electric cooler. The jury fixed the plaintiff’s damages at $4,500. It is contended by the appellant that the court erred in its instructions to the jury and that the verdict is excessive.

In defining the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur the court below gave verbatim the charge that was quoted as Instruction No. 3 in the opinion in Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Helena v. Mattice, 219 Ark. 428, 243 S. W. 2d 15, 29 A.…