Eltiste v. Ford Motor Co.

CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

Hal Eltiste (“Mr. Eltiste”), Frances El-tiste (“Mrs. Eltiste”), Rebecca Bremer, and Leah Eltiste 1 (“plaintiffs”) appeal from the judgment of the trial court following jury verdicts in favor of defendant Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) on plaintiffs’ personal injury action. 2 Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in admitting a report of the Office of Defect Investigation (“ODI”) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) and in preventing plaintiffs from impeaching that report (“2000 ODI report”). 3 Plaintiffs also assert that the…