182 W. Va. 334 - Wright v. Hanley’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
3
states following
October 2002
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Quick v. Crane · Bentzler v. Braun · Miller v. Miller · 89 Wash. 2d 124 - Amend v. Bell · 91 Ill. App. 2d 1 - Mount v. McClellan
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“(a) Effective the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, a person may not operate a passenger vehicle on a public street or highway of this state unless the person, any passenger in the back seat under eighteen years of age, and any passenger in the front seat of such passenger vehicle is restrained by a safety belt meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.... (d) A violation of this section is not admissible as evidence of negligence or contributory negligence or comparative negligence in any civil action or proceeding for damages, and shall not be admissible in mitigation of damages: [except as provided, discussed below].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Finally, in addition to finding that the seat belt instruction was not properly given, we also find that the instruction was very confusing in that it referred to the appellant’s refusal to wear a seat belt as constituting a negligent act which may or may not have proximately caused the appellant’s injuries. The jury may very well have used this instruction in determining the plaintiffs percentage of negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If you believe that the failure of Mr. Wright to wear his safety belt was a negligent act on his part and further, if you believe that failure to wear the safety belt proximately caused or contributed to Mr. Wright's injuries, then you may consider this act of negligence as a factor in determining the amount of damages, if any, to be awarded to Mr. Wright and as a factor in assessing fault for the collision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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