Epps v. Ragsdale
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENS, Commissioner.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Odell Epps, got a $2,000 verdict and judgment. This, on her res ipsa loquitur submission for damages resulting from scalp burns and loss of hair after she got a permanent wave in defendant Lloyd Ragsdale’s beauty shop, He appeals.
The primary issue is whether plaintiff’s evidence — that the defendant selected and controlled the compounds and instruments used in treating her hair, and that her scalp was blistered and her hair fell out after the treatment — entitled her to go to the jury on a res ipsa loquitur submission. For reasons to be given, we hold…
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