No-eyewitness rule

Definition - Noun
: a rule in tort law: in the absence of testimony by eyewitnesses a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable care to preserve his or her own safety ­used esp. in Iowa



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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