Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of Newport v. Whidden

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This case was tried before the Circuit Judge without a jury, and the plaintiff 1 recovered a judgment for $3,000 for injuries claimed to have been received when a bottle of carbonated beverage exploded. The Trial Court stated:

“Since the Supreme Court of Arkansas positively and unequivocally stated that the res ipsa loquitur doctrine should be applied in the State of Arkansas in the Hicks 2 case, and it is the recollection of the court it was again applied in the Mattice 3 case, and there are no recent decisions altering the Supreme Court’s declaration to…