Court Opinion

ID: 9793027
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:40:55.471555+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:02:46.009564
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Hunter, J.
(concurring in the result) — I concur in the result of the majority but disagree with its disposition of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. I am in agreement with the statement of Justice Rosellini in his dissent:
I find it impossible to conceive of the doctrine [res ipsa loquitur] having any value to the jury unless the jury is instructed upon it. "Where certain facts are found by the jury, the law permits it to draw an inference. But, unless the jury is told that if it finds these facts it can draw this inference, the jury itself is left in a quagmire of confusion.
(Footnote omitted.)