CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Presumptions & Burden of Proof
......Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL)
.........Res Ipsa Instruction Proper
............Plaintiff Contributed
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Strict adherence to RIL instruction error where jury could refuse to apply due to mental patient's suicide, because based upon voluntary act.

Specific acts of negligence may not deprive P of RIL instruction.

P's conduct must not contribute to injury as condition for RIL.