Torts!

Resource 10 . 3 . 2

5 minutes

Fireman's Fund American Insurance Cos. v. Knobbe : "The One-of-Four Smokers Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should res ipsa loquitur be applied to a group of defendants when plaintiff has submitted no direct evidence that they had control over the dangerous instrumentality or were involved in the harm?

Supreme Court of Nevada

93 Nev. 201, 562 P.2d 825

No. 8830

1977-04-07

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