Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
| Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. | |
|---|---|
| Decided July 5, 1944 | |
| Full case name | Gladys Escola, Respondent, v. Coca Cola Bottling Company of Fresno (a Corporation), Appellant. |
| Citation(s) | 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | Appeal from a judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff in Merced County Superior Court, reversed on Aug. 3, 1943 by 140 P.2d 107 (Ct. App. 1st Dist. 1943), hearing granted (now-obsolete terminology for grant of discretionary review), Sept. 30, 1943. |
| Subsequent history | none |
| Holding | |
| Judgment for plaintiff affirmed under res ipsa loquitur. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice | Phil S. Gibson |
| Associate Justices | John W. Shenk, Douglas L. Edmonds, Jesse W. Carter, Roger J. Traynor, B. Rey Schauer, Jesse W. Curtis |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Gibson, joined by Shenk, Curtis, Carter, Schauer |
| Concurrence | Traynor |
| Edmonds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 (1944), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California involving an injury caused by an exploding bottle of Coca-Cola. It was an important case in the development of the common law of product liability in the United States, not so much for the actual majority opinion, but for the concurring opinion of California Supreme Court justice Roger Traynor.