Ridley v. Safety Kleen Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that pursuant to a state statute failure to wear a seatbelt may be raised as an affirmative' defense to comparative negligence
• interpreting Florida statute to require only comparative fault assessment and not mitigation
• “It is well established in Florida that a violation of a traffic regulation ordinarily constitutes evidence of negligence, and, when there is evidence of such a violation, the jury should be instructed on the effect of such a violation on the issue of negligence.”

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