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Roanoke Rapids Herald
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina
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In Norfolk, Va., wrestling fan Mrs. Virginia G. Cox won $1,500 damages from promoter Bill Lewis after being hit by a thrown whiskey bottle during a match where wrestler Jimmy Coffield used a pin. Lewis appeals, claiming wrestling isn't a tea party.
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RICHMOND, Va. (U.P.)—The State Supreme Court of Appeals is pondering this one.
A Norfolk circuit court awarded Mrs. Virginia G. Cox, a wrestling fan, $1,500 damages from Bill Lewis, promoter because Mrs. Cox was struck in the head by a whiskey bottle while watching a match.
Mrs. Cox claimed damages because she said she was struck with the flying bottle after the audience became aroused when a wrestler, Jimmy Coffield, stuck his opponent with a pin.
She charged that Lewis should not have permitted such conduct in the ring.
Lewis appealed with the defense that he had tried to keep bottles out of the auditorium. His petition also said Mrs. Cox should have realized "that wrestling matches are not tea parties."
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Norfolk, Va.; Richmond, Va.
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Wrestling fan Mrs. Virginia G. Cox was struck in the head by a whiskey bottle during a match after wrestler Jimmy Coffield used a pin on his opponent, arousing the audience. She sued promoter Bill Lewis for $1,500 damages, claiming he should not have permitted such conduct. Lewis appealed, arguing he tried to keep bottles out and that wrestling matches are not tea parties.