The plaintiff is injured in the Redwood National Forest whil…
The plaintiff is injured in the Redwood National Forest while driving a Honda sports utility vehicle. The plaintiff brings a strict liability action in a Federal court against the manufacturer, claiming that he was injured in a crash when the vehicle’s transmission failed as a result of a design or manufacturing defect. At the trial the plaintiff calls an engineer who works for the manufacturer who testifies that, shortly after the plaintiff’s accident, the manufacturer began to build the transmissions in Honda vehicles like the plaintiff’s out of malleable iron instead of aluminum.Assume that the Federal Rules of Evidence apply. Is the testimony of the engineer witness admissible?