一件再普通不过的民事侵权案件,却引起了社会的高度关注,这本身就是值得关注的。此案真实地反映了中国的司法体制和司法环境的特性。本案中的许多程序法的问题也同样值得业界人士思考和研究,这些问题显然不是本案的个案问题,而是反映了我国民事诉讼中普遍存在的问题。例如,证人制度、视听资料采信、经验法则的运用、证明责任的适用、诉讼和解、调解与裁判如何选择等等问题。当然,最突出、最引人注意的还是在案件审理中如何运用经验法则的问题。 A more common case of civil-infringement has aroused the great concern of the community. This itself deserves our attention. The case truly reflects the characteristics of China’s judicial system and judicial environment. Many of the procedural issues in this case are equally worthy of consideration and research by practitioners. Obviously, these issues are not case-specific issues in the present case, but they reflect the problems that prevail in our civil litigation. For example, witness systems, the adoption of audiovisual materials, the application of rules of thumb, the application of burden of proof, settlement of litigation, choice of mediation and adjudication, and so on. Of course, the most prominent and most noticeable issue is how to apply the rule of thumb in the trial of cases.