Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. LALIBERTE

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

We grant the plaintiffs motion for rehearing, vacate our prior opinion, and issue this opinion in its place. Having taken a second comprehensive review of the arguments and record, we now affirm.

The defendant, an auto manufacturer, appealed a multi-million dollar judgment, which resulted from the tragic death of the plaintiffs son. Two issues were raised. The first concerned the trial court’s remarks to the jury during the jury’s inspection of two exemplar vehicles. The second concerned the trial court’s exclusion of statistical information and demonstrative evidence to…