A seeming self-evident wrong still leaves the question of who caused it unanswered.
Evidence
Mulligan seemed impressed. Twelve children with leukemia—eight of them within a half-mile radius, six of them living almost next door to each other—and contaminated drinking water. It was, in legal terms, as Mulligan later said, “almost res ipsa loquitur”—the thing speaks for itself. There was, however, Mulligan pointed out, one significant problem: Who was to blame for the TCE in the wells? — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 175
Categorization
- DEFINE: Explains res ipsa loquitur and, more usefully, its limit: the doctrine shifts the burden of explanation only once the responsible party is identified.
- SHARE: Worth sending to a lawyer friend who enjoys the paradox that the most damning pattern in the world still fails without a named defendant.
- CANDY: Twelve leukemia cases, eight within a half-mile, six nearly next door — clustered tightly enough to look like the thing speaking for itself.
- XREF: connects to: Conspiracy believers abandon specific claims while retaining a core that something must be wrong — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 214
Broader Connections
- Conspiracy believers abandon specific claims while retaining a core that something must be wrong
#expands(0.85) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 214