Brogan, J. For her proposition of law, appellant asserts that res ipsa loquitur may apply where two persons, acting in concert, are jointly or concurrently in exclusive control of the instrumentality that caused the injury. In Ohio, the rule of res ipsa loquitur is not a rule of substantive law but is a rule of evidence which permits the jury, but not the court in a jury trial, to draw an inference of negligenc…
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