Griffin v. Suzuki Motor Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

This is a products liability case. A sport utility vehicle rollover killed driver Wendy Griffin and injured one of her passengers, her sister Latasha. Wendy’s estate, Wendy’s heir-at-law, and Latasha (“Griffin”) sued Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) claiming that the design of the sport utility vehicle, a 1994 Suzuki Sidekick, was unreasonably dangerous and defective. The jury-found Suzuki 30% at fault and found Wendy 70% at fault, resulting in a judgment of $2.7 million for Latasha against Suzuki.

Suzuki appealed seven evidentiary rulings.…