Short v. General Motors Corp.

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends the court erred in admitting evidence of experimental test drives by expert witnesses for defendant. The rule regarding admissibility of evidence of experiments is set forth in State v. Jones, 287 N.C. 84, 98, 214 S.E. 2d 24, 34 (1975), as follows:

Although experimental evidence should be received with great care, it is admissible when the trial judge finds it to be relevant and of probative value. Even upon such finding the admission of experimental evidence is always subject to the further restriction that the circumstances of the experiment must be…