· 6/24/1983
Halvorson v. Voeller
Citations
- 336 N.W.2d 118
- 1983 N.D. LEXIS 364
How courts have described this case
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- adopting minority view that pre-injury conduct, such as not wearing motorcycle helmet, may be used to mitigate damages in amount that injury could have been avoided by such use
- evidence of nonuse of a helmet has no relevance to the issue of liability for causing an accident; nonuse may, however, be relevant to the issue of damages
- evidence of nonuse of a helmet has no relevance to the issue of liability for causing an accident; nonuse may, however, be relevant to the issue of damages
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Judges: Vande Walle, Erickstad, Pederson, Sand, Paulson
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