STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT MADISON GARRAWAY NO. 2022 CW 0817 VERSUS

JAMEE RAYE ALLEN AND FORD AUGUST 2, 2022 MOTOR COMPANY

In Re: Ford Motor Company, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 631668.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s August 1, 2022 judgment which granted plaintiff' s motion in limine to exclude evidence of seatbelt usage by plaintiff is reversed. We find that evidence of plaintiff' s seatbelt usage is relevant and probative in this matter, and such is not outweighed by prejudice to plaintiff, particularly in light of evidence plaintiff is expected to produce through expert testimony as to plaintiff' s seatbelt usage. Plaintiff' s motion in limine to exclude

evidence of seatbelt usage by plaintiff is denied.

VGW JMG EW

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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