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§ 1159 [Live Animal Experimentation Evidence Inadmissible]

Division 9: Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies | Chapter 3: Other Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies

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(a) No evidence pertaining to live animal experimentation, including, but not limited to, injury, impact, or crash experimentation, shall be admissible in any product liability action involving a motor vehicle or vehicles.

(b) This section shall apply to cases for which a trial has not actually commenced, as described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 581 of the Code of Civil Procedure, on January 1, 1993.

Amendment history: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.