The Snail and the Ginger Beer: The Singular Case of Donoghue V Stevenson

by Matthew Chapman

On an August evening in 1928 May Donoghue, a shop assistant, entered a caf in Paisley. The circumstances of her visit made legal history. A ginger beer was ordered for Mrs Donoghue who famously complained that, to her surprise and shock, a decomposed snail had tumbled from the bottle into her glass. Mrs Donoghue sued for the nervous shock she claimed to have suffered as a result. The question whether she had a case in law against the manufacturer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854900497
• ISBN13: 9780854900497
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"