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

• 1st Rqmt: Usually Caused by Neglig.
• 2nd Rqmt: Sole Control of Defendant
• 3rd Rqmt: No Particip. or Contrib. Neg.
• Applicability to Court Trials
• Conditional RIL
• May Be Invoked on Appeal
• RIL Defined