{"id":15119,"date":"2018-03-05T04:50:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15119"},"modified":"2018-03-05T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:57:26","slug":"alternative-liability-arising-from-the-tortious-acts-of-two-or-more-parties-when-the-plaintiff-proves-that-one-of-the-defendants-caused-harm-but-cannot-prove-which-one-results-in-a-shift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15119","title":{"rendered":"alternative liability – when a plaintiff proves that one of two or more defendants caused harm, but they cannot prove which one, the burden of proof shifts to each defendant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong>(1929)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Liability arising from the tortious acts of two or more parties \u2014 when the plaintiff proves that one of the defendants has caused harm but cannot prove which one caused it \u2014 resulting in a shifting of the burden of proof to each defendant.\u00a0 Restatement (Second) of Torts \u00a7 433B(3) (1965).<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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