Res Ipsa Loquitur

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Definition

Latin for “the thing speaks for itself,” an evidentiary doctrine providing that, under certain circumstances, the very fact that an accident occurred leads to an inference that the accident was caused by negligence.

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