12 October 2009

Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.

There once was a bottle that broke
To recover, the plaintiff sued Coke
Was it neglect for pressure?
Or defect by fissure?
The thing, for itself, they said, spoke

[Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 150 P.2d 436]

But none knew the true cause of fragility
So "res ipsa" would be no humility
Later did they repent
And adopt the dissent
And imposed on us strict liability

[Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc., 377 P.2d 897]

(Not technically accurate, but you try rhyming the word "concurrence")

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