as negativing the hypothesis of an intervening cause beyond the defendant’s control, and also as tending to show affirmatively that the cause was one within the power of the defendant to prevent by the exercise of care. Thus it has been held that the inference is not permissible where ... the opportunity for interference by others weakens the probability that the injury is attributable to the defendant’s act or omission.” (Citations omitted). Lee v. Housing Auth. of Baltimore, 203 Md. 453, 462, 101 A.2d 832, 836 (1954). This Court has often held res ipsa to be inapplicable when the opportunity for third-party interference prevented a finding that the defendant maintained exclusive control of the injury-causing instrumentality. See, e.g., Joffre, 222 Md. at 8-10, 158 A.2d at 635-36 (<HOLDING>); Williams v. McCrory Stores Corp., 203 Md.
holding defendants control not exclusive where customers had access to selfservice washing machines holding defendants control not exclusive where customers had access to soda bottles for approximately two months before one bottle inexplicably shattered holding that the total denial of all access to the law library for seven months violated the plaintiffs constitutional right of access to the courts holding defendants control not exclusive where thousands of customers had access to revolving stools every week holding authority to control limits duty to control