📚 phrase • entry_id 4945
res ipsa loquitur
Meanings (ES + gloss)
la cosa habla por sí misma
A maxim where the very improbable facts of an accident imply the negligence of the defendant. It effectively shifts the burden of proof to the defendant.
Res ipsa loquitur was frequently applied in cases involving foreign bodies in foodstuffs.
The court in that case established three criteria that must be shown for res ipsa loquitur to apply: The injury must be the kind that ordinarily doesn't occur in the absence of som…
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