Reinard v. Crown Equipment Corporation, No. 18-3440 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's admission of evidence over plaintiffs' objection and denial of plaintiffs' motion for a new trial in a products liability action brought against Crown, a forklift manufacturer. The court applied Huff v. Heckendorn Manufacturing Co., 991 F.2d 464, 467 (8th Cir. 1993), and concluded that plaintiffs waived their challenge to the admission of the video simulations where they preemptively introduced the simulations into evidence. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion for a new trial.
Court Description: [Gruender, Author, with Colloton and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Products liability. By preemptively placing defendant's video simulations into evidence as part of their case-in-chief, plaintiffs waived any claim that the admission of the video simulations was error. Judge Grasz, dissenting.
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