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· 4/29/1908

Anderson v. McCarthy Dry Goods Co.

Citations

  • 49 Wash. 398
  • 95 P. 325
  • 1908 Wash. LEXIS 594

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Evidence—Res Ipsa Loquitur. The fact that a basket -used in an overhead carrier system for conveying parcels in defendant’s store fell upon and injured a customer in the store ■establishes a prima facie case of negligence, upon the principal of res ipsa loquitur, although the system was of standard make and in general use.</p>

Judges: Root

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