Read Ahlberg v. Chrysler Corp., 06-1560, 06-2493

A party's failure to seek review of a clerk's costs order in the district court constitutes a waiver of the right to challenge that order on appeal. In an action alleging defendant-Chrysler was negligent in failing to provide a brake-shift interlock device in plaintiff's pickup, a judgment pursuant to a jury verdict for defendant is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) exclusion of evidence of a retrofit program that Chrysler voluntarily conducted; 2) a refusal to allow a former Chrysler employee to testify; 3) exclusion of hearsay testimony offered by the same individual as a fact witness; 4) exclusion of evidence of previous lawsuits and customer complaints; 5) discovery rulings; and 6) costs orders.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2007
• Published 03/28/2007

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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