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A subsequent remedial measure is a term used in the Law of Evidence in the United States to describe an improvement or repair made to a structure following an injury caused by the condition of that structure. Evidence of such repairs is generally inadmissible for two policy reasons. First, Court s do not want to discourage property owners from engaging in such repairs. Second, despite a jury's tendency to think otherwise, evidence of subsequent repairs has little to do with whether the product in question was defective at a previous time. There are, however, two exceptions where the evidence is admissible: #To show ownership or control #To impeach a claim that no such improvements or repairs were possible before the injury occurred For example, suppose a plaintiff were to Slip And Fall on the steps leading into a building, and that the defendant then decided to take a remedial measure and coat the steps with a less slippery material. The plaintiff would not be able to introduce evidence of this remedial measure in order to prove that the condition was hazardous at the time of the slip and fall. However, if the defendant claims that he does not even own the building at which the plaintiff fell, then the plaintiff may introduce evidence that the defendant improved the steps to show that they were indeed the defendant's property. |
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