United States causationalternative liabilityburden shifting

Summers v Tice

33 Cal.2d 80 (1948)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of California

Year1948

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where two defendants act negligently and one caused harm but it is impossible to determine which, the burden of proof shifts to each defendant to prove they were not the cause.

Area of Law

tort

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