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· 10/3/1979

Quin v. George Washington University

Citations

  • 407 A.2d 580
  • 1979 D.C. App. LEXIS 479

How courts have described this case

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

  • indicating that the principal argument on appeal related to the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on res ipsa loquitur
  • explaining that a plaintiff is not entitled to a res ipsa loquitur instruction where “two equally plausible conclusions were deducible”
  • indicating that the principal argument on appeal related to the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on res ipsa loqui-tur
  • stating that “if an expert can say as a matter of expert knowledge that the injury does not ordinarily occur unless caused by negligence, the jury should be permitted to infer negligence from the occurrence”
  • circumstantial evidence must make plaintiff's theory reasonably probable to establish causation as an element of res ipsa loquitur
  • circumstantial evidence must make plaintiff’s theory reasonably probable to establish causation as an element of res ipsa loquitur

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Judges: Kelly, Gallagher, Fer-Ren

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