Lynchburg Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Reynolds

This action was brought in the court below by William Henry Reynolds against Lynchburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. for damages resulting from his drinking a sip or two of a bottled Coca-Cola in which, because of the alleged negligence of the Coca-Cola Company, there was some foreign matter. A jury returned a verdict of $3,000 in favor of Reynolds upon which judgment was rendered. This appeal by the Coca-Cola Company raises only one issue which merits consideration, and that concerns the amount of the verdict.

On April 26, 1970, about 3 A. M., and while on duty, appellee, a 24-year-old…