Wilson v. Rivers

Justice MOORE:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision 1 affirming the trial court’s exclusion of petitioner’s expert on biomechanics. We reverse.

ISSUE

Did the Court of Appeals err by affirming the trial court’s exclusion of the videotaped deposition of petitioner’s biome-chanics expert?

FACTS

Respondent was a passenger in a car stopped at a red light. A car driven by petitioner struck respondent’s car from behind. At the time of impact, respondent, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, was wearing his seat belt and was leaning forward to retrieve his keys from the…