Casenburg v. Lewis

The parties are referred to as in the trial court. This action is grounded upon the complaint that plaintiff’s intestate, Mrs. Lucy Lewis, was negligently injured by a third degree burn through treatment administered by the defendant May 5, 1924. At a former trial the circuit judge directed a verdict for the defendant. In Lewis v. Casenburg, 157 Tenn., 187, this court concurred with the Court of Appeals in holding that, under the doctrine of res ipsa loguitur, there was sufficient evidence to carry the case to the jury, and the cause was remanded for another trial.

A second trial resulted in a…