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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Seat Belts
Message-ID: <632@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 18:45:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 18:45:32 1985
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Summary: 

In article <255@SCIRTP.UUCP> todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones) writes:
>Also, what happens when I hit someone (my fault) and they didn't have
>a seat belt on? Am I less liable because they didn't wear one?

In some states you are.  California used to be one, but I'm not sure if  it
still  is.  The  concept  involved  is  "contributory negligence".  If they
weren't wearing a seatbelt then their injuries are at  least  partly  their
own fault.

Just passin' thru ...

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