Legal Opinion
Swelbar v. Lahti
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided July 16, 1991No. C6-91-46PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRIPPEN, Judge.
Appellant, pursuing a wrongful death action arising from a car accident, contends the trial court erred in refusing to strike affirmative defenses alleging that the decedent child had not been in a child passenger restraint system as required by Minn.Stat. § 169.685, subd. 5(b) (1988). Appellant argues these defenses are barred by Minn.Stat. § 169.685, subd. 4 (1988). We agree and reverse.
FACTS
In March 1990, a car driven by respondent Troy Allan Lahti and owned by respondent Richard Allen Lahti collided with a car driven by Paula Jean Brigán. Lahti had failed to stop at…
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