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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 34-18-2

Citation
Section 34-18-2
Parent Document
Errico v. LaMountain, 713 A.2d 791 (1998)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
1998-06-19

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475 A.2d 208, 210 (R.I.1984). Where applicable, the doctrine “establishes inferential evidence of a defendant’s negligence, thus making out a prima facie case for a plaintiff, and easts upon a defendant the burden of rebutting the same to the satisfaction of the jury. * * * [T]he burden of proof remains on the plaintiff, but the defendant has the. burden of going forward with the evidence.” Marshall v. Tomaselli, 118 R.I. 190, 197 n. 3, 372 A.2d 1280, 1284 n. 3 (1977). In Parrillo v. Giroux Co.,