Vogel v. Wells

This case presents a number of interesting questions for our resolution. These questions involve: the retroactivity of the abrogation of the collateral source rule as to municipalities, the admissibility of evidence on the use and effect of seat belts in accidents predating passage of Ohio’s seat belt law, the exclusion of evidence involving an alleged “Mary Carter agreement,” the admissibility of evidence involving a videotaped reconstruction of an accident scene, and the propriety of findings of negligence in regard to a municipality’s failure to remedy a visual obstruction of a stop sign.…