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Fifth Circuit bars 'misleading' ford video evidence.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-NOV-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Upholding a lower court's ruling for the plaintiff in a rollover case, the Fifth Circuit has held that the trial judge properly barred videotapes of crash tests performed by Ford and General Motors (GM). Although the tests resembled Ford's description of the accident in the case, they were not actual reenactments and could mislead jurors, the court concluded. (Muth v.Ford Motor Co., 461 F.3d 557 (5th Cir. 2006).)

Barry Muth was rendered quadriplegic when the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria...

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