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Cleveland State Law Review

1960

Res ipsa loquitur

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Res Ipsa Loquitur In Hospital And Malpractice Cases, Julien C. Renswick Jan 1960

Res Ipsa Loquitur In Hospital And Malpractice Cases, Julien C. Renswick

Cleveland State Law Review

Most legal texts state as a matter of law that in order to apply the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur it is required that plaintiff show that the instrumentality causing his injury was in the continuous and exclusive control of one defendant. This general proposition has been stated in Ohio on several occasions. However, in the last few years some exceptions to this general rule have been established in several jurisdictions.


Anesthesiology And The Law - In The Long View, Carl E. Wasmuth Jan 1960

Anesthesiology And The Law - In The Long View, Carl E. Wasmuth

Cleveland State Law Review

Anesthesiology is the youngest of the medical specialties. Born of surgical parents, it was nurtured through its infancy by well-meaning and dedicated physicians. Even now this specialty is one of the most litigated fields of medicine, rivaling radiology, surgery, and plastic surgery. This, however, is at best a dubious distinction. Considering the nature of the specialty, one can easily understand the reason. In the hands of the anesthesiologist rests the life of every patient undergoing a surgical operation.