Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Crosby

Sears, Justice.

This products liability action stems from a tire explosion and resulting automobile wreck in which one person was killed and two people were injured. The jury found for the defendant tire manufacturer, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for retrial,1 and this Court granted certiorari. Certiorari was not granted to address the grounds of the Court of Appeals’ reversal (hence, this matter will be retried),2 but rather was granted in order to address the Court of Appeals’ ruling on an evidentiary issue that it deemed likely to recur on retrial.

We now conclude that the…