Ford Motor Company, Appellant v. Paulette R. Washington

Summary

Justice Goodson dissented from the majority's affirmance of the circuit court's exclusion of evidence that the decedent was not wearing a seat belt. She reasoned that Ford's expert testimony satisfied the statutory requirements by addressing noncompliance, injury reduction, and the extent of that reduction, and that Washington's seat-belt evidence opened the door to rebuttal. Justices Baker and Hart joined the dissent.