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The doctrine you are referring to is called "res ipsa loquitur." This legal principle applies in negligence cases where the nature of the accident is such that it implies negligence on the part of the defendant, even without direct evidence. Essentially, it allows a plaintiff to establish a presumption of negligence based on the circumstances of the incident, suggesting that the event would not have occurred without someone's failure to exercise reasonable care. This doctrine shifts the burden of proof to the defendant to demonstrate that they were not negligent.

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Who is liable under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur?

This literally means, "It (thing) speaks for itself" or it is self evident, explanatory


What is res ipsa loquitor?

The term 'res ipsa loquitur' is a latin phrase that is used in the court of law to describe when a person has been harmed by negligence. The phrase literally means "the thing speaks for itself". Or in other words it is evident that a person was harmed by another failing to use caution or being careless.


What is 'in res loquitor' and what does it do?

This is very likely a misquotation of the common Latin phrase (originally spoken by Cicero), res ipsa loquitur, "the matter itself speaks" (usually translated "the thing speaks for itself"). It is used in common law to mean that the nature of an accident can be sufficient evidence of negligence all by itself, even without independent evidence concerning the defendant's behavior.


What is loquitor?

Most likely, a misspelling of loquitur, which means "he/she/it speaks" in Latin, as in Res ipsa loquitur - a legal term meaning the thing itself speaks or that the thing or circumstance itself is obvious and requires no further proof. If you drop a barrel of flour onto someone from a second story window and he dies, his family doesn't have to further prove that your barrel and therefore your negligence killed him ( the original case was just such a claim)


What legal principle creates a presumption of negligence without definite proof?

the Standard of Care ... - - - - - - Res ipsa loquiter[Latin, The thing speaks for itself.] A rebuttable presumption or inference that the defendant was negligent, which arises upon proof that the instrumentality or condition causing the injury was in the defendant's exclusive control and that the accident was one that ordinarily does not occur in the absence of Negligence.


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Is res ipsa loquitur a tort?

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Are ordinary negligence and res ipsa loquitur the same in a court of law same in a court of law?

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res ipso loquitor