Legal Opinion
Schultz v. Ford Motor Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2006No. 49S02-0508-CV-376PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. CV-749.
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A jury rendered a defense verdict on plaintiffs' product liability and negligence claims relating to the collapse of the roof of a Ford Explorer in a rollover accident. The Court of Appeals found the trial court's giving of a jury instruction on a presumption to have been reversible error. We hold that Indiana Evidence Rule 301, which authorizes presumptions to be given "continuing effect even though contrary evidence is received," operated to authorize the jury instruction given here.
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