· 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
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- 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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