Supreme Court of South Carolina· 4/26/1966
Sams v. Sams
Citations
- 148 S.E.2d 154
- 247 S.C. 467
- 15 A.L.R. 3d 1423
- 1966 S.C. LEXIS 281
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- alleged seat belt defense should be decided on facts adduced at trial and not on pleadings
- defendant should be allowed to prove at trial that plaintiff’s failure to wear seat belts amounted to failure to use reasonable care and that this failure was a contributing, proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries
- granting plaintiffs motion to strike seat belt defense held erroneous
- granting plaintiff's motion to strike seat belt defense held erroneous
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Judges: Bussey, Moss, Lewis, Brailsford, Legge
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