EPPS v. RAGSDALE

No. 33035.

429 S.W.2d 798 (1968)

Odell EPPS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lloyd RAGSDALE, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

June 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh E. Gibbons, Justin C. Cordonnier, Hocker, Goodwin & MacGreevy, St. Louis, for appellant.

Gregg William Keegan, St. Louis, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Odell Epps, got a $2,000 verdict and judgment. This, on her res ipsa loquitur submission for damages resulting from scalp burns and loss of hair after she got a permanent wave in defendant Lloyd Ragsdale's beauty shop. He appeals.

The primary issue is whether plaintiff's evidence—that the defendant selected and controlled the compounds and instruments used in treating her hair, and that her scalp was blistered...

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