Ark. Cast Stone Co. v. Lynn

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

Appellee-plaintiff, John Lynn, filed this action against appellant-defendant, Arkansas Cast Stone Company, Inc., seeking damages for personal injuries sustained when a large panel or slab of concrete fell. The case was submitted to the jury on the theory of res ipsa loquitur, so that the burden of disproving negligence was placed on the defendant. The jury verdict was for the plaintiff, and from the judgment on the verdict there is this appeal, with only one point urged, which is that the Trial Court should not have submitted the case to the jury on the rule of res…