CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Presumptions & Burden of Proof
......Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL)
.........In General
............RIL Defined
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RIL defined.

RIL applicable where accident probably result of negligence by someone, and D probably responsible.

3 conditions of RIL doctrine.

Although EC 646 presumption of negligence (RIL) disappears when evidence tending to rebut the presumed fact is introduced, P may still rely on the logic of the underlying CL inference of negligence if evidence supports it.

RIL discussed generally.