Lane v. Dorney

Pursuant to the petition and order entered by the two Justices to whom it was referred, the cases were reheard by the full Court. The parties filed new briefs and made extended oral arguments. The petition presents the questions whether the Court, in the original decision, committed errors of law in sustaining the judgment of nonsuit (1) by refusing to apply the rule res ipsa loquitur, and (2) by overlooking “the physical facts and direct testimony in the record . . . sufficient to raise an inference of negligence.”

The cases are now before us for our determination whether error of law was…