Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp.

T1 The instant matter involves a question certified by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in a manufacturers' products liability case. We are asked to answer the question of whether *20847 O.S.2001, § 12-4201 of the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Act, 47 O.S.2001, § 12-416 et seq., as interpreted in Bishop v. Takata Corp., 2000 OK 71, 12 P.3d 459, bars the admission of evidence of seat belt use or non-use, in a manufacturer's products liability crashworthiness case2. The question is answered as follows: Section 12-420 does not bar the admission of evidence of the…