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· 7/17/1996

Gardner Ex Rel. Gardner v. Chrysler Corp.

Citations

  • 89 F.3d 729
  • 35 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1037
  • 45 Fed. R. Serv. 332
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 17506
  • 1996 WL 399788

How courts have described this case

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  • admitting evidence of plaintiff’s failure to use a seatbelt as to the issue of crashworthiness, despite Kansas statute prohibiting evidence of non-use to show comparative negligence or mitigation of damages
  • hold- ing that a Kansas statute prohibiting admission of seatbelt evidence \for the purpose of determining any aspect of comparative negligence or mitigation of damages\ was substantive and governed in federal court
  • “If a party is disadvantaged or dissatisfied with discovery [requests], it is the party’s responsibility to particularize the basis of the [objection] so that the court can properly evaluate the arguments and exercise its discretion.”

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Judges: Seymour, Porfilio, Anderson

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