Covington v. James

Stacy, C. J.,

concurs on the ground that what was done while plaintiff was unconscious or under the influence of an anesthetic calls for explanation in view of defendant’s purported statement and the results obtained, but does not assent to the position that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies generally to the case. Smith v. McClung, 201 N. C., 648, 161 *77S. E., 91; Springs v. Doll, 197 N. C., 240, 148 S. E., 251; Byrd v. Hospital, 202 N. C., 337, 162 S. E., 738.

It is no evidence of negligence for a physician to reset a fractured. fibula in the left leg, place it in a plaster cast and…