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BISHOP v. TAKATA CORP.

No. 94,751.

12 P.3d 459 (2000)

2000 OK 71

Marilyn BISHOP, Personal Representative of the Estate of Amy Elizabeth Bishop, deceased, Plaintiff v. TAKATA CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Takata, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation, General Motors of Canada Ltd., a foreign corporation, Cami Automotive, Inc., a foreign corporation, Suzuki Motor Company Limited, a foreign corporation, and Suzuki Motor Corporation, a corporation, Defendants

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke Halley, Woodward, Oklahoma, David K. Petty, Guymon, Oklahoma for Plaintiff.

John R. Woodard, III, Jody R. Nathan Tulsa, Oklahoma for Defendants Takata Corp. and Takata, Inc.

Mary Quinn-Cooper Tulsa, Oklahoma for Defendants General Motors Corp., General Motors of Canada, Ltd., CAMI Automatic, Inc., and Suzuki Motor Corp.

Rex Travis, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Amicus Curiae, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.

¶ 1 KAUGER, J.:

¶ 2 We are asked to answer the question of whether the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Use Act,1 [the Act] precludes the introduction of evidence of the use or nonuse of seat belts in a manufacturers' products liability claim based on a defective seatbelt restraint system in Oklahoma. The applicable statute, 47 O.S.1991 § 12-420,2 provides...

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