Burke v. Almaden Vineyards, Inc.

Opinion

GOOD, J. *

A jury returned a verdict against appellant Virginia Burke and in favor of Almadén Vineyards, Inc. and Automatic Plastic Molding Corporation, the respective manufacturers of Le Domaine champagne and the plastic cork used by Almadén in packaging its product. She had sought recovery of damages for injuries sustained in a household accident when a cork struck and shattered the left lens of her eyeglasses, driving pieces of glass into her eye. She had dismissed charges of negligence and proceeded to trial solely on the theoiy of a manufacturer’s strict liability in tort for a…