What is the burden of proving that defendant is responsible for causing a plaintiff's injuries?
The following excerpt is from Schneider v. Kings Highway Hosp. Center, Inc., 490 N.E.2d 1221, 500 N.Y.S.2d 95, 67 N.Y.2d 743 (N.Y. 1986):
Although plaintiff may in her attempt to meet that burden include proof tending to negate the significance of other possible causes (see, Spett v. President Monroe Bldg. & Mfg. Corp., 19 N.Y.2d, at pp. 204-205, 278 N.Y.S.2d 826, 225 N.E.2d 527, supra ), we have on numerous occasions upheld or reinstated a jury's verdict where the logic of common experience itself, as applied to the circumstances shown by the evidence, led to the conclusion that defendant's
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