Eggshell skull
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Not to be confused with Crumbling skull rule.
The eggshell rule (also thin skull rule, papier-mâché-plaintiff rule, or talem qualem rule)[1] is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in some tort law systems,[2] with a similar doctrine applicable to criminal law. The rule states that, in a tort case, the unexpected frailty of the injured person is not a valid defense to the seriousness of any injury caused to them.
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