Ballow v. Monroe

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the jury instructions, which “directed the jury to find for the plaintiff if the requisite elements of res ipsa were proved,” incorrectly stated the law (quotation simplified)
• plaintiff failed to make sufficient showing that fire was probably caused by defendant’s negligence
• “Res ipsa does not establish a presumption, either rebuttable or irrebuttable.” (quotation simplified)
• sufficient evidentiary basis is required before negligence can reasonably be inferred
• sufficient evidentiary basis is required before negligence can reasonably be inferred

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).