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Hamilton v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Company

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Jan 30, 1958
252 F.2d 637 (D.C. Cir. 1958)

Opinion

No. 14079.

Argued January 14, 1958.

Decided January 30, 1958. Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied March 7, 1958. Writ of Certiorari Denied May 19, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 1000.

Mr. Samuel G. Silverman, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Frank J. Martell, Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Earl H. Davis, Washington, D.C., filed a brief on behalf of the Association of Claimants' Attorneys of Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


A Municipal Court jury found against appellant in her suit for personal injuries allegedly sustained from drinking appellee's product. The Municipal Court of Appeals affirmed and we allowed a petition to bring the case here so that we could fully consider new and important questions which the parties urged relating to liability growing out of negligence which directly causes emotional reactions which in turn cause the physical injuries complained of.

Upon submission of the appeal, however, a fuller study of the record now discloses that such questions were not properly presented. We therefore dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently allowed.


Summaries of

Hamilton v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Company

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Jan 30, 1958
252 F.2d 637 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Case details for

Hamilton v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Company

Case Details

Full title:Sallie E. HAMILTON, Appellant, v. PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Jan 30, 1958

Citations

252 F.2d 637 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
102 U.S. App. D.C. 256

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