Lanza v. De Ridder Coca Cola Bottling Co.

Plaintiff sues for damages in the sum of $5,275 which she claims to have suffered as a result of the explosion of a bottle of coca cola which she took from the ice box in her store to serve a customer. She alleges that the coca cola was purchased from the defendant company and the bottle of coca cola had not been opened or tampered with, or improperly handled, from the time it left the possession of the defendant company to the time of the explosion; that the sole cause of the explosion of the bottle was the negligent, careless and improper bottling and manufacture of said coca cola; that the…