48 A.2d 622 BEULAH M. STODDER vs. COCA-COLA BOTTLING PLANTS, INC. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Sagadahoc. Opinion, July 26, 1946. Res Ipsa Loquitur. Evidence. The maxim of res ipsa loquitur, “the thing itself speaks,” is applicable where there has been an unexplained accident and the instrument that caused the injury was under the management […]