Article: Did Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL) apply in this case?(Hospital Law Case of the Month)

Article: TX: Res Ipsa applied--no 'causation' proved: ...
Medical Law's Regan Report;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Summary was denied. He appealed. COURT'S OPINION: The District Court of Appeals of Texas reversed the order of the trial court ... inter alia, that even if the application of the doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL) created an exception to the requirement for ...

Article: IA: unattended postsurgical pt. falls from table: no medical ...
Medical Law's Regan Report;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... black out at the sight of his hand and injure himself." The District Court, Webster County, granted the defendants' motion for summary ... court. The court held, inter alia, that the doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL) did not apply in this case. The court observed ...

Article: Res ipsa loquitur: political and ethical response ...
Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Res ipsa loquitur. This Latin phrase pertains ... alone. The essay which follows situates res ipsa within the context of the type of cases ... American legal system, there is a review of res ipsa's Nineteenth Century British roots ...

Article: The law of falling objects: Byrne v. Boadle and the birth of ...
Stanford Law Review;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... THE ORIGINS OF BYRNE V. BOADLE AND RES IPSA LOQUITUR A. The Classical Law of Falling ... Bramwell, B. III. PLACING BYRNE AND RES IPSA LOQUITUR IN THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF ... CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION In Latin, the phrase res ipsa loquitur means "the thing speaks for ...

Article: Rolling the "barrel" a little further: allowing res ...
William and Mary Law Review;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... crafted the now-famous tort doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.(2) The court held that the ... on the part of the manufacturer.(4) Res ipsa loquitur and strict liability in tort ... direct proof is beyond their reach.(5) Res ipsa loquitur, as embraced by modern American ...

Article: Res ipsa loquitur.(LAW & MEDICINE)
Internal Medicine News;  February 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... following is correct? A. This is a case of res ipsa loquitur, which means the tortfeasor ... finds him. B. The plaintiff is alleging res ipsa, as both the identity of the actor and ... negligent act. E. If the court accepts the res ipsa theory, the plaintiff does not need an ...

Article: Res Ipsa Loquitur
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...RES IPSA LOQUITUR [Latin, The thing speaks for itself.] A rebuttable ... one that ordinarily does not occur in the absence of negligence. Res ipsa loquitur, or res ipsa , as it is commonly called, is really a rule of evidence, not ...