Abstract Epistemologists have posed the following puzzle, known as proof paradox: Why is it intuitively problematic for juries to convict on basis of statistical evidence and yet unproblematic far less reliable, non-statistical evidence? To answer this question, theorists explained exclusion by arguing that legal requires certain epistemic features. In paper, I make two contributions debate. Fi...

Plaintiff instituted an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act,' alleging that defendant was negligent in that it "should have known of the [defective mechanism and] . . . failed to make proper repairs." 2 The plaintiff at no time explicitly mentioned the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur; the defendant limited its defense to the question of damages. The district court instructed the jur...