 Summers v. Tice

Summers v. Tice, 33 Cal.2d 80, 199 P.2d 1 (1948), is a seminal California Supreme Court tort law decision relating to the issue of liability where a plaintiff cannot identify with specificity which among multiple defendants caused his harm.The case established the doctrine of alternative liability and has had its greatest influence in the area of product liability in American jurisprudence.