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· 6/11/1981

Lester Gene Brown v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company, a Corporation

Citations

  • 650 F.2d 159
  • 8 Fed. R. Serv. 445
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 12422

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  • noting trend in federal and state court to admit advisory safety codes promulgated by government agencies, as well as industry, voluntary, or private safety codes as evidence of standard of care
  • “[I]f the court had erred in admitting [an inapplicable safety] standard, there was such strong other evidence of negligence ... that the ... standard was merely cumulative evidence. Erroneous admission of cumulative evidence is harmless error.”

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Judges: Heaney, Ross, McMillian

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