Thompson v. Presbyterian Hospital, Inc.

I concur in Part II of the majority opinion for in my view this issue was long ago settled in M & D Motor Freight Lines v. Kelly, 201 Okl. 121, 202 P. 215 (1949), cited in Footnote 25 by the majority.

However, I respectfully dissent from Part I of the Court’s views expressed today for the reasons expressed in the dissent of Justice Wilson; and I must recede from the majority’s treatment of res ipsa loquitur because of views articulated in my dissenting opinion in Martin v. Stratton, Okl., 515 P.2d 1366, 1372 (1973).

I concur with the majority opinion on most points of this appeal. I dissent…