no-eyewitness rule
- A standard in tort law stating that if there are no eyewitness accounts, it can be presumed that an individual has taken appropriate steps to protect their own safety
- The jury applied the no-eyewitness rule, presuming that the driver had taken reasonable safety precautions given that there were no witnesses.
- The no-eyewitness rule came into play in the absence of any testimonies as to whether the pedestrian had been negligent.
- With the absence of any eyewitnesses, the no-eyewitness rule allowed the court to presume that the employee had taken measures to ensure their own safety.
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