Legal Opinion
Olson v. Ford Motor Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 13, 1997No. C5-96-915PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEITH, Chief Justice.
This case comes to us on an Order of Certification issued by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 480.061 (1996) (Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act). The certified question is as follows:
Does Minn.Stat. § 169.685, subd. 4, bar the introduction of evidence of the plaintiffs personal seat belt use in a crashworthiness action alleging the seat belt, itself, was negligently designed or manufactured?
We answer the question in the affirmative.
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On December 30, 1993, Kyle Olson was injured when the 1985 Ford…
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