Baker v. B. F. Goodrich Co.

PATROSSO, J. pro tem.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence. From a judgment in favor of the defendant entered upon the verdict of the jury plaintiff appeals, contending that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct upon the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the applicability of which under the circumstances is the sole question presented.

Appellant was engaged in mounting and inflating a new tire of respondent’s manufacture and while so doing a violent explosion occurred throwing the…