A plaintiff is injured when a retail store's shelf collapses. No direct evidence of negligence exists. The plaintiff invokes res ipsa loquitur. Which element is most critical for the doctrine to apply?
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A
The injury must have been extremely severe.
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B
The event must be of a kind that ordinarily does not occur without negligence.
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C
The defendant must have had actual notice of the danger.
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D
The plaintiff must rule out all possible causes of the accident.