Johnson v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

OPINION

PELANDER, Justice.

¶ 1 Arizona Rule of Evidence 407 generally excludes evidence of “measures” taken “after an event” to prove a party’s negligence or culpability “in connection with the event.” We hold that Rule 407 applies even if the party took such measures without knowledge of, or for reasons unrelated to, the prior event. We also hold that the trial court did not err in finding that the evidence of subsequent measures was not offered for “another purpose.”

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¶ 2 This wrongful death action arose from a collision in which decedent Mark Johnson, while driving westbound on U.S. Highway…