examine negligence further in more detail including this case: On August 26 1928, Mrs Donoghue's friend bought her a ginger-beer from Wellmeadow Caf [1] in Paisley. She consumed about half of the bottle, which was made of dark opaque glass. The ginger beer had a decomposed snail in, this was only noticed once Mrs Donoghue had begun consuming the drink. She suffered from physical illness as a result of drinking the contaminated drink.