Better Beverages, Inc. v. Meschwitz

OPINION

MILLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege asserted by two defendants to a suit brought in Washington County, Texas. The third defendant, Brookshire Brothers, filed no such plea. Plaintiff, Mary Mesehwitz, was injured when the top of a Dr. Pepper bottle flew off while she was unscrewing it, and hit her in the eye. Mrs. Mesehwitz, along with her husband, brought suit against Better Beverages, Inc., the bottler and distributor of Dr. Pepper in Washington County, Brookshire Brothers, the store where the Dr. Pepper was purchased, and Dr. Pepper Company.…