American Motors Corp. v. Ellis

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• holding that trial court properly admitted into evidence United States Department of Transportation study on crash severity statistics under the public records exception to the hearsay rule
• relying on United States v. Nobles, 422 U.S. 225, 95 S.Ct. 2160, 45 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975)
• relying on United States v. Nobles, 422 U.S. 225, 95 S.Ct. 2160, 45 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975)
• manufacturer who is aware of defect but chooses not to seek safer alternative may be awarded punitive damages
• “[P]unitive damages have been allowed where the defendant had knowledge of a defect or dangerous condition and chose not to remedy the condition.”
• although a document is protected by the work product privilege prior to trial, once it is used at trial, the work product immunity terminates

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