Opinion

Schafer v. Wells

  • 171 Ohio St. (N.S.) 506
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 23, 1961
Status
Published
Author
Zimmerman
On the bench
Bell, Herbert, Matthias, Neill, Taft, Weygandt, Zimmerman
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Zimmerman, J.,

dissents for the reason that in his opinion the rule of res ipsa loquitur is not properly applicable here. The fire and the accompanying loss can reasonably be ascribed to causes other than the claimed negligence of defendant, and, by invoking that rule, plaintiff is afforded an advantage to which he is not fairly entitled.

Taft and O’Neill, JJ., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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