Negative Evidence

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Negative Evidence

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Evidence advanced by a party to show that something did not exist or did not take place, e.g., that a manufacturer accused of selling a defective product had no reports of danger over years of selling the product and thus know knowledge that the product was defective.

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— Jones v. Pak-Mor Manufacturing Co.

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