{"id":4526,"date":"2017-08-10T16:07:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4526"},"modified":"2017-08-10T16:07:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:07:05","slug":"rule-407-subsequent-remedial-measures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4526","title":{"rendered":"Rule 407 \u2013 Subsequent Remedial Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When measures are taken that would have made an earlier injury or harm less likely to occur, evidence of the subsequent measures is not admissible to prove:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>negligence;<\/li>\n<li>culpable conduct;<\/li>\n<li>a defect in a product or its design; or<\/li>\n<li>a need for a warning or instruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the court may admit this evidence for another purpose, such as impeachment or \u2014 if disputed \u2014 proving ownership, control, or the feasibility of precautionary measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When measures are taken that would have made an earlier injury or harm less likely to occur, evidence of the subsequent measures is not admissible to prove: negligence; culpable conduct; a defect in a product or its design; or a need for a warning or instruction. But the court may admit this evidence for another &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rule 407 \u2013 Subsequent Remedial Measures<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4479,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4527,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4526\/revisions\/4527"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}