Coleman v. Ford Motor Co.

MYERS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Randy Coleman (Randy) was severely burned when his 1999 Ford F-150 pickup truck caught fire after a head-on collision with another vehicle. He died of his injuries twenty-eight days later. His wife, Sandra Coleman (Coleman), brought a wrongful death suit against Ford Motor Company, alleging that the F-150 truck had burned because of a defective fuel line. A jury found that the vehicle was not defective. On appeal Coleman argues, among other things, that the jury should not have been allowed to hear evidence that her husband had caused the accident while driving…