This is a products liability case. The issue presented is whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor can be applied to sustain plaintiff's burden of proving that the product in question was defective, i.e., unreasonably dangerous in normal use, either in its design, composition or manufacture or that it lacked appropriate warnings.
On July 15, 1981, plaintiff, Willie Mae Spurlock, filed a suit for...
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