Minotti v. State

Upon the first trial of this case it was submitted solely upon the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur and an award was made based upon that principle. (Minotti v. State of New York, 7 Misc 2d 252 [1957].) Judgment was reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted. (6 A D 2d 990.) The essential facts are recited in the published reports.

By stipulation of the parties the record of the first trial became a part of the record of the second trial. Supplementing that, claimants called to testify a professional engineer, Leigh St. John, as an expert witness. He expressed the opinion that the…