Law for Business 12th Edition by James Barnes,Terry Dworkin,Eric Richards

Exercise 6

About six weeks after Clark was diagnosed as pregnant, her doctor, Norris, determined the fetus was dead and that a minor surgical procedure, a D C (dilation and curettage), was necessary to remove it. As a result, she required additional surgery and suffers from chronic diarrhea. Clark was not allowed to use res ipsa loquitur to help prove her malpractice case against Norris, and when she lost, she appealed. Should res ipsa loquitor apply to this case?