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Sams v. Sams

Citations

  • 148 S.E.2d 154
  • 247 S.C. 467
  • 15 A.L.R. 3d 1423
  • 1966 S.C. LEXIS 281

How courts have described this case

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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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