Legal Opinion
Colp v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 10, 2006No. A06A0816PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MlKELL, Judge.
Nancy Colp (“Colp”) and her since-deceased husband, Leonard Eugene Colp (“Leonard”), filed a products liability action in 1996 1 alleging that Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) defectively designed a sliding door on an Aerostar minivan. The door fell off during a crash and Leonard was ejected, suffering severe brain damage. We granted Colp’s application for interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court erred in granting Ford’s motion to exclude evidence of 37 other incidents allegedly similar to the crash in which Colp’s husband was injured. Finding no abuse of discretion…
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