NEGLIGENCE - RES IPSA LOQUITUR - APPLICATION TO CARRIERS

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Plaintiff was injured while riding on defendant's bus when it was struck by defendant's street car, the collision being caused by the derailment of the street car. It was not made clear on trial what was responsible for the derailment. Held, the defendant controlled both vehicles, the event was of a type which would not ordinarily occur if reasonable care were used, the injury to plaintiff was not due to any voluntary act on her part, so the jury could properly infer that the defendant was negligent under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Birdsall v. Duluth-Superior Transit Co., (Minn. 1936 ), 267 N. W. 363.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, NEGLIGENCE - RES IPSA LOQUITUR - APPLICATION TO CARRIERS, 35 Mich. L. Rev. 680 (1937).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol35/iss4/22