Wagner ex rel. Ek v. Associated Shower Door Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
PEARSON, Judge.
The trial judge.directed a verdict for the defendant at the conclusion of the case for the 'plaintiff. Plaintiff appeals and urges .error upon the ground that the facts of the case called for an application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, and that the doctrine afforded reasonable evidence for the submission of the case to the jury. Upon a .determination that the. factual situation presented by plaintiff was not a- proper ba* sis for the application of the inference of *620negligence by the defendant, the judgment is affirmed.
The facts developed by plaintiff’s evidence were as…
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- Yarbrough v. Ball U-Drive SystemSupreme Court of Florida · 1950
- Groves v. Florida Coco-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1949
- McKinney Supply Company v. OrovitzSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Frash v. SarresSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
- Schott v. Pancoast PropertiesSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
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