Opinion ID: 1727659
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Failure To Use Seatbelt

Text: As part of its argument that the district court improperly allocated negligence in determining causation, the State asserts that the damages should have been reduced by 5 percent because Wagner allegedly was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. Under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 60-6,273 (Reissue 2004), evidence that a person was not wearing a seatbelt is admissible only as evidence concerning the mitigation of damages and cannot be used with respect to the issue of liability or proximate cause. The failure to use a seatbelt cannot be used to allocate the percentage of negligence to a party. And the State did not assign as error the district court's award of damages. Errors argued but not assigned will not be considered on appeal. County of Sarpy v. City of Gretna, 273 Neb. 92, 727 N.W.2d 690 (2007).