60-6,273. Occupant protection system; three-point safety belt system; violation; evidence; when admissible.

Evidence that a person was not wearing an occupant protection system or a three-point safety belt system at the time he or she was injured shall not be admissible in regard to the issue of liability or proximate cause but may be admissible as evidence concerning mitigation of damages, except that it shall not reduce recovery for damages by more than five percent.

Source:Laws 1985, LB 496, § 7; Laws 1992, LB 958, § 7; R.S.Supp.,1992, § 39-6,103.08; Laws 1993, LB 370, § 369; Laws 2015, LB231, § 38.

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