MacDonald v. General Motors Corp.

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• interpreting Tennessee statute forbidding introduction of seat belt non-use in the trial of any civil action to permit seat belt evidence where plaintiff alleged the automobile's brakes were defective to prove proximate cause
• allowing evidence of seatbelt non-use to demonstrate that plaintiffs' injuries arose from their failure to wear seatbelts rather than the alleged design defect, despite state statute barring such evidence to show contributory negligence
• allowing evidence of seatbelt non-use to demon- strate that plaintiffs’ injuries arose from their failure to wear seatbelts rather than the alleged design defect, despite state statute barring such evidence to show contributory negligence

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