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No Inference of Fault From an Incident or Injury
2000
- Tort Liability
C - 2.86
The mere fact that an incident or injury occurred, standing alone, is not evidence that anyone was at fault. You have no right to assume that an incident or injury was caused by anyone’s fault.
 
Bismarck Baptist Church v. Wiedemann Indus. Inc., 201 NW2d 434, 440 (ND 1972)
Forester v. Fischbach Moore, Inc., 178 NW2d 258 (ND 1970)
Haga v. Cook, 145 NW2d 888 (ND 1966)