Baker v. Charlotte Motor Speedway, Inc.

ELMORE, Judge.

This case is one of many suits against Charlotte Motor Speedway (defendant Speedway) and Tindall Corporation (defendant Tindall) resulting from the collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Lowe’s Motor *298Speedway on 20 May 2000. The many cases were consolidated under the caption In Re Pedestrian Walkway Failure. In the first case to be tried, a jury determined that Tindall and Speedway were negligent, and all remaining trials concern only the issue of damages.

After consolidating the cases, the court issued a series of Case Management Orders (CMOs) to apply to all following suits. These…