§ 1151 Post-Accident Safety Measures

• •If someone fixes a problem after an accident, you can't use that fix to prove they were careless before.
• •This rule is about keeping people safe, not hiding mistakes.
• •It only applies if the fix would have made the accident less likely.

A store owner puts a warning sign near a wet floor after someone slips and falls.

You can't use the new sign to say the owner was careless before the fall. The sign is there to stop more accidents, not to prove fault.