Legal Opinion

Nock v. Coca Cola Bot. Wks. Pgh.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 24, 1931No. Appeal 144PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Baldrjge, J.,

The plaintiff purchased from a retailer a bottle of coca cola which was produced from an ice chest, the cap removed therefrom by the use of an opener attached underneath the countermand the bottle then handed to the plaintiff. She had consumed a portion of the contents, when she was conscious of a creeping sensation on her lips, which proved to be due to a worm that had been in the bottle. , She brought this action in assumpsit against the defendant who had manufactured and sold the product to the retailer, and recovered a verdict for $500.

The appellant’s first position…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Mazetti v. Armour & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Commonwealth v. RazmusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Parry v. First National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. Tomlinson v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
  5. Catani v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. CappsTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Burkhardt v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
  3. Taylor v. KaufholdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Ebbert v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Klein v. Duchess Sandwich Co., Ltd.California Supreme Court · 1939

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