A barrel falls out of the sky and hits you in the head. Can you recover with no additional evidence whatsoever? The doctrine of res ipsa loquitor says that you can. We’ll begin looking at this very narrow doctrine that serves as the ultimate plaintiff’s shortcut.

Byrne v. Boadle (no link available)

 
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