Estate of Hall v. Akron General Medical Center

(¶ 1} The issue before us is whether the plaintiff in this medical malpractice case was entitled to a jury instruction on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. The defendants-appellants argue that the plaintiff was not entitled to the instruction for two reasons: (1) the plaintiff presented testimony of expert witnesses who offered opinions on the specific act of negligence that they believe caused the injury and (2) evidence was presented on two equally efficient causes of the injury, one of which is not attributable to negligence.

{¶ 2} For the reasons that follow, we hold that the trial court…