Torts!

Resource 10 . 2 . 1

6 minutes

Larson v. St. Francis Hotel : "The Falling Armchair"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should courts still apply the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur when a defendant does not have exclusive control over the object which harms the plaintiff?

District Court of Appeal of the State of California

83 Cal. App. 2d 210

Civ. No. 13573

1948-01-12

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