Koplin v. Louis K. Liggett Co.

Opinion by

Stadteeld, J.,

This is an action in trespass brought by the plaintiff, Thelma Koplin, against the defendant, Louis K. Liggett Company, to recover for injuries she sustained as a result of being served in a restaurant belonging to the defendant, soup containing a foreign, injurious and deleterious substance, to-wit: a centipede.

The case was tried upon a Statement of Claim, no Affidavit of Defense having been filed, in the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, before the court and a, jury.

The plaintiff testified that on February 15, 1933, she went to lunch at defendant’s restaurant. She ordered…