3618 The fact that plaintiff woke up from an operation to her pelvic region with injuries to her shoulder, elbow, and arm, and an expert's declaration that the injury would not have occurred without negligence or some other agent while plaintiff was in exclusive control of the surgeons did not satisfy the requirements of res ipsa loquitur to establish a presumption that the surgeons were negligent.CitationELCOME v CHIN (Surgical Baloney) 110 CA4 310 [See: EvC 646; Brown v Poway USD 4 C4 820, T/AT 3/93; Ybarra v Spangard 25 C2 486]
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