Fick v. Pilsener Brewing Co.

*98OPINION

By McNAMEE, J:

Defendant’s motion for a new trial is based upon several grounds, the principal and most important of which is the claim that the Court erred in permitting the jury to consider the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. This discussion will be limited to a consideration of the questions raised by the alleged error in this regard.

Defendant is engaged in business of brewing, bottling and distributing beer to retailers. On August 13th, 1945, the defendant delivered twenty-four cases of P. O. C. Beer to Mickey’s Bar where plaintiff was employed as a bartender. The cases of beer were…