Allen v. Bentley Laboratories, Inc.

BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Vicki Lynn Allen, individually and as next friend of her minor daughter, Sheila Marie Allen, and the First National Bank of Springfield, Guardian of the Estate of Sheila Marie Allen, brought suit against Dr. Robert H. LePere, Dr. Byron Dooley, Dr. Ramiro Cadena, Dr. Collette M. Kohler, Bentley Laboratories, Inc., and Santa Rosa Medical Center, alleging causes of action of negligence against all defendants, and also strict liability and breach of implied warranty against Bentley Lab. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was also invoked as to each defendant. The…