Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
legal precedent |
| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:Sindell_v._Abbott_Laboratories
gptkb:Ybarra_v._Spangard 199 P.2d 1 33 Cal.2d 80 5 A.L.R.2d 91 |
| gptkbp:date |
1948
|
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_California
|
| gptkbp:defendant |
gptkb:Ernest_Simonson
gptkb:Howard_Tice |
| gptkbp:establishesDoctrine |
alternative liability
|
| gptkbp:heldBy |
When two or more defendants act negligently and it is unclear whose act caused the injury, the burden of proof shifts to the defendants to absolve themselves.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Summers v. Tice
|
| gptkbp:involves |
negligence
tort law causation |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:California
|
| gptkbp:opinionBy |
gptkb:Roger_J._Traynor
|
| gptkbp:plaintiff |
gptkb:Charles_Summers
|
| gptkbp:subject |
joint and several liability
burden of proof |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Summers_Doctrine
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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