Arnold Bailey v. Kawasaki-Kisen, K. K.

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• between federal and state evidentiary rules, rule which favors reception of evidence governs
• evidence of remedial measures admissible in limited circumstances, such as when exclusion resulted in false impression of causation
• where individual was injured by a falling boom, evidence of the boom falling a second time was admissible to prove that the boom was in fact defective
• between federal and state evidentiary rules, rule which favors reception of evidence governs
• “In certain limited instances, however, the policy favoring the repair of dangerous conditions is overcome by the duty of courts to allow litigants to bring the facts of the situation to the attention of the jury where they are otherwise relevant and probative.”

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