LB379 LB379
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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 379
Introduced by Conrad, 46.
Read first time January 12, 2023
Committee: Judiciary
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to civil actions; to amend section 60-6,273,
2 Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change provisions relating
3 to civil liability; and to repeal the original section.
4 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 60-6,273, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,
2 is amended to read:
3 60-6,273 Evidence that a person was not wearing an occupant
4 protection system or a three-point safety belt system at the time he or
5 she was injured:
6 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, shall not be
7 admissible in regard to the issue of liability or proximate cause but may
8 be admissible as evidence concerning mitigation of damages, except that
9 it shall not reduce recovery for damages by more than five percent; and .
10 (2) Shall be admissible in regard to all issues, including liability
11 and causation, for a claim based on an alleged violation of section
12 60-6,267.
13 Sec. 2. Original section 60-6,273, Reissue Revised Statutes of
14 Nebraska, is repealed.
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