Car manufacturers and insurance companies say it doesn’t make sense that Connecticut law requires drivers to wear seat belts, but does not allow their failure to buckle up to be used against them in court.
To change that, they are supporting legislation that would allow a plaintiff’s failure to wear a seat belt to be introduced into evidence in automobile negligence and product liability claims. Such evidence is now expressly forbidden.
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