Poulin v. Aquaboggan Waterslide

WATHEN, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Mariette Poulin and her husband Jean-Paul Poulin,1 appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Brodrick, J.). A jury found no negligence on the part of the defendant, Aquaboggan Waterslide, for the back injury suffered by Mrs. Poulin as a result of using the defendant’s waterslide in Saco. On appeal, plaintiffs argue inter alia that the Superior Court erred in refusing to instruct on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. We agree and we vacate the judgment.

*926The facts presented at trial may be summarized as follows: Mrs. Poulin visited…