Legal Opinion

Welch v. COCA-COLA BOTTLERS'ASSOCIATION

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 29, 1964No. 3880PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLINGS, Justice.

Odell Welch brought suit against Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Association to recover damages for personal injuries which plaintiff claimed to have sustained by drinking a portion of a bottle of coca-cola containing a foreign substance which plaintiff alleged the defendant had bottled. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the defendant made a motion for an instructed verdict on two grounds, (1) that there was no evidence the bottle of coca-cola had been bottled by ap-pellee or had ever been in the care, custody or control of appellee and (2) that there was no evidence that the drink…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Joske v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Dunn v. Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Leathers v. Sikeston Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956
  4. Williams v. Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
  5. Bilk v. Abbotts Dairies, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Neubauer v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
  2. Alarcon v. Alcolac Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Garcia v. Pfizer Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  4. Kramer v. Weedhopper of Utah, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  5. Kramer v. Weedhopper of Utah, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986

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