Renneckar v. Canton Terminal Restaurant, Inc.

Plaintiff takes the position, as did the Court of Appeals according to its opinion, that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies here — that the circumstances surrounding plaintiff’s injuries made out a prima facie case for recovery against the defendant without direct proof of negligence on its part — and that a jury question was presented.

By several of its later decisions this court is now committed to the proposition that res ipsa loquitur is a rule of evidence which permits, but does uot require, the jury to draw an inference of negligence in a case where thé instrumentality causing…