Jarecki v. Ford Motor Company

I am unable to agree with the majority opinion.

"The law is well settled that a case should not be submitted to the jury where a verdict must rest upon a conjecture or guess”, In re Potts’ Estate, *87304 Mich 47, 53; 7 NW2d 217, 219 (1942). The majority opinion properly holds that the admission, over objection, of Wilcox’s hearsay testimony relating Ramaci’s statements was error. It fails to note that the only basis for the trial court’s overruling of that objection was plaintiffs’ assurance that Wilcox’s hearsay testimony would be corroborated by the testimony of Ramaci. This never occurred.

Without…