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McDaid v. Aztec W. Condo. Ass'n

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided July 17, 2018No. A-88 September Term 2016; 079325PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin

**135Res ipsa loquitur is an equitable doctrine that allows, in appropriate circumstances, a permissive inference of negligence to be drawn against a party who exercises exclusive control of an instrumentality that malfunctions and causes injury to another. The rationale for the res ipsa inference is that the injury-causing occurrence ordinarily would not happen in the absence of negligence and that the party controlling the instrumentality is in the best position to explain what went wrong and why. In Jerista v. Murray, we held that the res ipsa inference applied to a supermarket's automatic…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Hopkins v. Fox & Lazo RealtorsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
  2. Buckelew v. GrossbardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
  3. Bornstein v. Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
  4. Rose v. Port of New York AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
  5. Brown v. Racquet Club of BricktownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. CORA KERTON VS. SOCIETY HILL AT DROYERS POINT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION (L-4425-15, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2018
  2. GEORGE CONSTANTINOPOULOS VS. MORGAN REALTY & DEVELOPMENT, LLC (L-4529-13, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2020
  3. GEORGE CONSTANTINOPOULOS VS. MORGAN REALTY & DEVELOPMENT, LLC (L-4529-13, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2020
  4. HOLLY HUGHES VS. ESTATE OF LEONARD J. OWEN BY CAROL A. OWEN, (L-0741-16, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2019
  5. JARRET RASNOW VS. HARMON COVE TOWERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION (L-4942-16, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2019

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