to apply common- knowledge exception, injury must be of the type that ordinarily would not occur absent medical negligence
How later courts described this case
- to apply common- knowledge exception, injury must be of the type that ordinarily would not occur absent medical negligence
- the surgeon, the anesthetist, and a resident physician were defendants; the alleged injuries resulted from administration of anesthesia
- surgeon exercising staff privileges had liability for anesthetist in hospital’s residency program
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Parker, C. J.,
dissents from that portion of the opinion holding that the petition states a cause of action in Count II under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur against the defendant, John I. Davies.