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  • Liability claim of a Titanic disaster survivor
    negligence

    This is the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur (Latin: “the matter speaks for itself”). Generally, the damages recoverable for negligence are a monetary compensation for injuries or losses that are deemed to have flowed “naturally and proximately” from the negligent act. See also contributory negligence.

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    This is the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur (Latin: “the matter speaks for itself”). Generally, the damages recoverable for negligence are a monetary compensation for injuries or losses that are deemed to have flowed “naturally and proximately” from the negligent act. See also contributory negligence.

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